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| Software | W11 IoT Enterprise LTSC |
I say this mostly to raise the awareness, and underline that we have actual proof that Facebook does not need 'real' account information at all to connect the dots. Just location data, with the sheer amount of data they have on a large percentage of the world population, eliminates your anonimity even when you think you have it. Every account you make just adds more data points for them to link together.
What you do with that information is entirely up to each individual. But it is wrong to fool yourself into the idea that you are actually anonymous with a 'burner' account. You don't own the data, (in a digital world with no boundaries, ownership means your data is present only on your local device and cannot leave it) when in fact it should be yours. Linking an HMD to an account in that sense is giving Facebook important medical information. It has no weight on your individual life, but it will appear as a piece of information used for FB's next tool or service or product to keep them in business. With an ever greater reach into your private lives.
This is also a company that is fighting a power struggle with those governments that exist to protect your data. Make no mistake. The recent ban waves on certain kinds of content are also part of this power struggle. It is a struggle for who controls the truth and flow of information. Information that influences people, information that IS power. All Mark cares about is to use that power to gain further influence and secure his business, and he really does not care about ethics of any kind - again - we have overwhelming evidence of that.
Use a different headset. That is all I can say. Even if you forget privacy and consider that as a consumer who wants a healthy consumer society - the fact people here are taking the account for granted even if they don't actually really want to, is a sign Facebook has already become too big to ignore, which is not what a balanced market should be about. But the actual fact is, if you vote with your feet, you might enforce a change. That is the only power you have really, everything else including burner accounts is putting your head in the sand.
You and I both know this is not tin foil hat space either.
What you do with that information is entirely up to each individual. But it is wrong to fool yourself into the idea that you are actually anonymous with a 'burner' account. You don't own the data, (in a digital world with no boundaries, ownership means your data is present only on your local device and cannot leave it) when in fact it should be yours. Linking an HMD to an account in that sense is giving Facebook important medical information. It has no weight on your individual life, but it will appear as a piece of information used for FB's next tool or service or product to keep them in business. With an ever greater reach into your private lives.
This is also a company that is fighting a power struggle with those governments that exist to protect your data. Make no mistake. The recent ban waves on certain kinds of content are also part of this power struggle. It is a struggle for who controls the truth and flow of information. Information that influences people, information that IS power. All Mark cares about is to use that power to gain further influence and secure his business, and he really does not care about ethics of any kind - again - we have overwhelming evidence of that.
Use a different headset. That is all I can say. Even if you forget privacy and consider that as a consumer who wants a healthy consumer society - the fact people here are taking the account for granted even if they don't actually really want to, is a sign Facebook has already become too big to ignore, which is not what a balanced market should be about. But the actual fact is, if you vote with your feet, you might enforce a change. That is the only power you have really, everything else including burner accounts is putting your head in the sand.
You and I both know this is not tin foil hat space either.
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