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Comment by emreb | Hacker News Reader

Is sounds like now you will need an Oculus account that is linked to your Meta account which is then linked to your Facebook and Instagram.

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At least now it will become possible to use Oculus without being forced to have a Facebook social media account. Just like it is possible to use Whatsapp without a Facebook identity.

This is the big point even if we have to have a meta account we are not at the whim of being suspended from using our headset because of something we said on a separate social media platform

The bigger point is how much of your personal info and psychographic profiling will, one way or another, still make its way to The Company Formerly Known As Facebook, which remains to be seen

Do you think they will just ignore those micro-head-movements when they start A/B testing different stuff on screen to figure out the algorithm that is _you_? Who needs a real, physical Westworld?

I hear the next version might even track retinal movement. So many useful audience-segmenting and personalized targeting capabilities!

I challenge them to link my accounts where I'm not using any real details for the Oculus one (aside from IP address). They're gonna accept the challenge though and I'd be safest not using any FB products at all aside from Oculus. I check FB on average every 2-3 weeks so they could probably make the connection. Loose one, but still.

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