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by jmull 1442 days ago
From Meta's point of view this doesn't change anything.

Your activities and interests on your meta accounts will all be part of the same profile meta keeps on grin your Facebook activity, internet browsing, and anything else they can attach or infer a tracking identity from.

Their "privacy" controls are outward facing - e.g., how your meta account is related to your Facebook profile outside meta, not inside.

This really doesn't seem to be getting to the meat of the matter.

Your neighbor and family may not know that "John Smith" on Facebook is "mariofan#1" playing VR games and "naughty69" doing VR porn, but meta sure will.

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But at least we won’t be required to create a FB account, and if the new Meta account is on a independent gaming computer then…..

Oh who are we kidding. We just can’t trust Meta/FB.

Block third party cookies and youre good, no? Havent seen personalized ads in years and the only sites not working are the ones Im not using anyways.
What does it mean to block third party cookies on a VR headset?
I meant cookies in a browser, where theyre used. Where do you see cookies in a VR?