Privacy
A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
Some Rules
- Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
- Don't promote proprietary software
- Try to keep things on topic
- If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
- Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
- Be nice :)
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Bro, it's cardboard.
oh i thought u meant the app
You can now root all Meta glasses https://github.com/Lumince/singularity/releases/
You can also, without root, use Termux letting you install a local server on the device itself, use adb to start the browser on a WebXR page running on it, etc.
So it's possible to make it work and entirely offline, no Meta account, no app, all this without privacy concerns but that does require to tinker a bit.
I document this a bit on https://git.benetou.fr/utopiah/biggu_s_gate/issues/152 so feel free to ask more questions
does it cause any preformance issues?
in itself no... but as you typically end up doing more stuff, have things in the background, etc probably a bit.
Valve index. It requires steam, but can work offline.
good software, a bit pricey
steam is good my family likes it
All VR is expensive still. Meta quest only goes as low as 650 USD because they subsidize it by spying on you so much.
The Quest 3s is $350 USD.
I must admit I forgot about the 3S. The same idea still applies, though. It's only affordable because of the spying. Plus it's got a lower resolution and fresnel lenses like the Quest 2, but that's probably not as big an issue as people make it out to be.
not having to buy another thing is free though
That's true, but your question is about buying another thing that's more privacy-respecting than the thing you already have, so I'm not sure what your point is.
Valve still collects data about you, so SteamVR isn’t truly private.
If privacy matters to you, look for a PC tethered headset that runs on open source software, so you can avoid telemetry and closed ecosystems
how do you pirate on quest and does rooting it cause any issues
I literally told you the potential issues. Search the internet, read and understand stuff, learn. This isn't something for a short comment on a low effort post.
you can stream from a PC without pirating on a Quest
Steam Frame.
sounds cool wish i could afford it
VR is expensive, you either pay with money, or pay with your private data (this is why meta vr is so cheap).
However, I like my HP reverb G2. You can pick these up second hand for basically nothing, under $200.
Microsoft ended support for windows mixed reality with windows 11, but there is a driver on steam that makes it work. Major downside is Linux support is not good. But if you're using windows, that would be my good cheap recommendation.
buy a used windows mixed reality headset. people seemed to like the samsung odyssey+ on reddit 6 years ago
If you are on linux most of them don't have great support (refer to the linux vr adventures wiki)
or buy psvr2 which needs an adapter to work on pc