Meta introduces new anti-piracy measures for Meta Quest 2
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Meta introduces a new API that performs hardware and application checks, targeting piracy among other things.

Meta sneakily introduced “Platform Integrity Attestation API” which basically calls home to see whether the user has a valid license to play.

This means that to run apps user has to have online connection to perform an integrity test. Whether it’s only a test on launch or continues call home like Denuvo-like DRMs is not yet clear. This could also mean that modified headsets could fail to pass this test essentially closing down the device for modifications that could damage “platform integrity”. Not all details are clear yet but this doesn’t look good.

Currently it’s optional and up to app developers to enable it.

    • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      44·
      1 year ago

      I always wanted one, but when they made it a requirement to have and link a Facebook account to use it I completely lost interest.

        • ThrowawayOnLemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          1 year ago

          It’s discontinued unfortunately, so don’t expect much in the way of support. But it is a great VR headset that you can get on the cheap ATM

        • vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          I’m really not a fan of Windows MR, both because it’s locked to Windows but also because it’s kind of temperamental, but it’s a good headset in terms of resolution at least (and comfort).

          Although I will admit it’s not as buggy as it used to be so that’s a plus.

        • MadManWithTinFoil@feddit.deEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Out of curiosity:

          I was looking into VR headsets half a year ago and found the PICO 4 interesting as a budget option to try VR.

          The Display of the G2 seems to be a lot better but costs an additional 250€. Does it really make the experience that much better and worth the bigger investment if you only want to try it out and fear that the headset will only collect dust after a month or so?

          • Silviecat44@aussie.zoneEnglish
            4·
            1 year ago

            Honestly, If you are just trying out vr I think you should go for the cheaper option. I don’t have a frame of reference though as the G2 was my first headset. You also need to have a good enough GPU for the increased resolution.

              • degrix@lemmy.hqueue.devEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                Just an FYI, but the PICO 4 is made by ByteDance which is the parent company of TikTok. Facebook is awful but I don’t trust TikTok either.

      • BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tfEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        I’m just waiting for the Psvr2 jailbreak. The index is nice, but their choice of display really leaves a lot to be desired. I far preferred even the slightly smeared look of my Odyssey+ to the Index, though the index’s tracking was miles ahead of my Odyssey. PSVR is the best headset on the market, but not worth my time unless it can be used forPCVR.

    • NounsAndWords@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      1 year ago

      It seems (seemed) like a pretty good vr headset…just it’s owned by one of the worst companies and I have no interest paying them hundreds for that level of access to my personal information.

  • DarkThoughts@kbin.social
    81·
    1 year ago

    All the shills promised me and other doubters that something like this would never happen. I’m glad I lost all interest in Oculus the moment Facebook bought them.
    Hopefully we’ll see some solid info on the Deckard this year.

  • straF@lemmy.worldEnglish
    59·
    1 year ago

    So glad I avoid Meta products. I doubt they will be satisfied until they can live sell your data and display ads while you use the product.

    • Steeve@lemmy.caEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Those are two very different things. Advertising giants don’t actually “sell” your data, it’s really not in their best interest, they make money by being the only ones with your data.

      • cottard@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        So… they sell, lease, etc either your data or some value added bullshit services or products based on your data for a higher price due to monopoly?

        • Steeve@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          No, they sell advertment slots to advertisers with promise of higher ad interaction, a promise they can keep because they target those advertisements to users that are more likely to interact with them using user data. User data isn’t sold, leased, whatever you want to call it.

          Also, technically not entirely a monopoly because there are quite a few tech giants that operate like this. Oligopoly would be the correct term.

    • Ajen@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I’m also glad I’ve kept my quest isolated from the internet once I enabled dev mode (for oculess). I’ve noticed it tries to connect to IP addresses owned by Meta (according to whois), without any dns queries involved. Your pihole won’t be able to block that… I went a few steps farther and set up a dedicated wifi network that only allows local traffic. Then I set up a http proxy (squid) that only allows connections to certain websites. I mostly use the quest for PCVR though, so the proxy doesn’t get much use.

      And thanks for sharing oculuskiller! I’ve been looking for something like that for a while.

  • 𝐘Ⓞz҉@lemmy.worldEnglish
    44·
    1 year ago

    Who the fuck are buying shit from google and Facebook? No wonder fucking internet is going to shits

          • scutiger@lemmy.worldEnglish
            6·
            1 year ago

            It’s not “unrooting” it’s just preventing your OS from being replaced. It’s an easy change for anyone with physical access to the device who can get past the lock screen, but can’t be done by accident. So you won’t be accidentally installing malicious software that will reinstall your OS, for example.

            The unlock/lock and install can be done through a website, but it requires your phone to be plugged in to a computer, and you can enable/disable unlocking through the developer menu in the phone’s settings.

            • Ajen@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              2·
              1 year ago

              You can also use the standard android CLI tools to lock and unlock the bootloader, but that web app is really convenient.

              Edit: and for anyone wondering, you can re-lock it with any ROM, or after rooting (you don’t lose root). I’m running grapheneos with a locked bootloader. Only difference between this and the stock ROM is a message that’s displayed when you boot that warns you the phone isn’t stock.

  • cyberpunk007@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    1 year ago

    Aaaaaaaaaand just like that, never buying a Facebook headset. Also because apparently they firmware updated to requiring a Facebook account.

    Meh.

    I’ll go valve index 2.0

  • _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    30·
    1 year ago

    Sounds pretty on-brand for them.

    Remember kids: Meta = cancer

    Do everything you can to stop meta from metastasizing.

  • GustavoM@lemmy.worldEnglish
    27·
    1 year ago

    We’ve reached a point that technology is not improving, but degrading – who on earth is going to accept this as is and let third parties acquire random information about them, including their credit card? I mean, if a hacker manages to bust (whatever feature that allows this bs to happen) and forward info to them instead of the meta HQ – they are going to have a heck of a honeypot.