Road to VR

JANUARY 22, 2021

Facebook Reality Labs head Andrew Bosworth released an internal memo, entitled “The Big Shift,” which underlines why the company needs to start building products now that better balance user privacy and user experience. We should become the undisputed leaders in providing privacy aware software.”

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Road to VR

OCTOBER 27, 2020

That means it’s worth knowing what privacy settings are offered to you and what data Facebook collects on your VR usage. Where to Find Oculus Quest 2 Privacy Settings. Although there’s not a lot of customization of privacy settings available right now, at least Facebook makes them easy to change. First name.

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Bernard Marr

APRIL 15, 2024

One of the potential dangers is infringement on privacy, which is generally accepted as a fundamental human right. So what does responsible AI look like when it comes to privacy, and what are the challenges businesses and governments face? Let’s take a look. Unfortunately, this doesn’t always happen!

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The Ghost Howls

MARCH 13, 2020

I’ve had the great pleasure of speaking with Lars Bergstrom , a very smart professional that with the Mixed Reality team at Mozilla works every day to improve the WebXR platform, working for a future immersive web that preserves our privacy and doesn’t clutter us with banners and fake news. And how can we preserve privacy in XR?

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ARVR

JUNE 30, 2020

At times, technology has changed faster than regulations can keep up, putting the onus on companies to develop a forward thinking approach to privacy by design. Privacy Matters Privacy is important to everyone, from individuals, customers, website visitors, product users, employees, and businesses of all sizes.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Future of Privacy Forum published a framework for biometric data regulations for immersive technologies on Tuesday. This would involve companies collecting, using, or transferring “body-related data” impacted by US privacy laws. It explained that this includes the individuals, communities, and societies they serve.

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The Ghost Howls

JANUARY 25, 2021

FRL head aims at performing a “Big Shift” in privacy management. This week it has been leaked a memo by Facebook Reality Labs’s head Andrew “Boz” Bosworth proposing a new way of conceiving privacy at Facebook. And in any case, developers should try to make things work assuming that little or no data gets shared with the system.

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ARVR

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Photographed by Victor Grigas , Wikipedia Online privacy is a trending topic nowadays. On the corporates’ end, market leader Apple has recently made significant privacy-focused changes like limiting apps’ tracking capabilities on iOS 14 and launching App Store privacy labels. But the real issue is far deeper than that.

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Road to VR

JULY 17, 2019

While the cameras used with the original Rift present similar privacy concerns, it uses simple point-matching for tracking and does not map and store information about your physical playspace like Quest and Rift S. SEE ALSO Privacy in VR Is Complicated and It'll Take the Entire VR Community to Figure It Out.

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Slashgear

MAY 18, 2022

Apple's latest commercial focuses on privacy and assures iPhone and iPad users that their data won't be collected in secret and sold to the highest bidder.

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Slashgear

JUNE 29, 2022

The Amazon Astro is making the possibility of owning a robot into a reality, but there are some privacy concerns that will coming along with it.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Future of Privacy Forum published a framework for biometric data regulations for immersive technologies on Tuesday. This would involve companies collecting, using, or transferring “body-related data” impacted by US privacy laws. It explained that this includes the individuals, communities, and societies they serve.

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Slashgear

JUNE 7, 2022

Apple offers its users many privacy features, one of which is a privacy report that can be found directly in Safari. The feature is very easy to access.

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GizModo VR

JUNE 24, 2022

House Republicans want to drastically change a federal privacy bill that Democrats in the Senate are also threatening to murder. The American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) is one of the few pieces of privacy legislation to get the time of day on Capitol Hill in the last few years—even if looks now like it’s… Read more.

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Road to VR

APRIL 19, 2018

Oculus will be releasing a new Privacy Policy and Terms of Service tomorrow that will go into effect on May 20th, just five days before the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) privacy law enforcement deadline of May 25th. LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE OF THE VOICES OF VR PODCAST. Jenny Hall.

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AR Insider

APRIL 25, 2024

Yet, as higher ed increasingly leverages this technology, there are ethical and privacy pitfalls. AR continues to change the ways college students learn, making curriculum more interactive. This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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Slashgear

JULY 12, 2022

Many of Android's privacy features are obvious, but there's one related to your Google account and advertisements that you've probably never disabled.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Brave is continuing its war against data-collection giants like Google with the introduction of a privacy-centered news reader to its privacy-centered web browser. Read more.

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GizModo VR

JANUARY 10, 2022

Apple’s new Private Relay feature for iPhones isn’t sitting well with carriers, and some operators are doing all they can to squash the privacy setting before it reaches your iPhone. Read more.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 27, 2022

sThe Future of Privacy Forum, a major organisation advocating privacy and data protection, unveiled a new data flow infographic on the top use cases for technologies employed in extended reality (XR). RESOURCE: Download FPF’s interactive visual guide to smart city technologies and data flows, Shedding Light on Smart City Privacy.

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GizModo VR

JULY 13, 2022

senator to introduce privacy-enhancing changes to its flagship doorbell video camera after product testing showed the device capable of recording conversations well beyond the doorsteps of its many millions of customers. Security and privacy experts expressed alarm at the… Read more. Ring is rejecting the request of a U.S.

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Mashable VR

JUNE 18, 2022

WhatsApp announced Wednesday that it’ll be rolling out new privacy features giving users more control over the kinds of information other people can see. Prior to the official launch, the new privacy setting was available to select users as part of a limited beta. Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab).

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GizModo VR

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

The Tor browser , arguably the best privacy-protective internet browser available for most people, is running low on bridge servers. The decline in servers affects the browser’s ability to combat censorship and provide a gateway to the open internet in places where governments and other entities tightly control access… Read more.

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Digital Trends

DECEMBER 29, 2021

We asked technology, social media, and privacy experts. . Should users really consider leaving WhatsApp, and do suitable alternatives exist?

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Slashgear

MARCH 21, 2022

Android users are finally getting access to Google Search's quick delete privacy feature, the one that first arrived on iOS several months ago.

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Digital Trends

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

There’s no shortage of browsers to consider, but when choosing one for yourself, it’s important that it fits your privacy needs. These are our favorites.

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Slashgear

APRIL 12, 2022

DuckDuckGo is finally ready to release its privacy browser for Macs.sort of. The software is now available as a beta, but you'll have to wait to get access.

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GizModo VR

MAY 11, 2022

Twitter unveiled a game designed to help users get a handle on the platform’s privacy policies on Tuesday. It’s both cheery and deeply confusing. Read more.

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Mashable VR

MAY 5, 2022

And while the public's immediate reaction to the news understandably focused on what such a reversal would mean for the right to abortion, experts warn that the Court's looming decision presages yet another attack on a sacrosanct American right: the right to privacy. That's because the right to abortion, according to the 1973 Roe v.

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GizModo VR

MARCH 15, 2021

New regulations were approved under California’s Consumer Privacy Act on Monday that will prohibit the use of so-called dark patterns — tricks deployed by websites or apps that seek to frustrate or bamboozle users into doing things they wouldn’t normally do. Read more.

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GizModo VR

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

In an effort to get more people onboard with their whole sharing-intimate-thoughts-and-opinions-with-strangers-on-the-internet thing, Twitter plans to trial a host of new features that will allow for greater privacy customization. Read more.

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Digital Trends

MARCH 2, 2021

Worried about Zoom's privacy and security concerns? Learn how to stay safe while using the videoconferencing service with software updates and settings changes.

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GizModo VR

JULY 1, 2022

A patchwork of individual state privacy laws isn’t filling the hole left by absent federal government regulation on facial recognition. Virginia, which approved a ban on local police use of biometric identification tools around a year ago, formally bailed on the law’s most substantive measures on Friday. Now, under an… Read more.

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GizModo VR

DECEMBER 8, 2021

By now, you’ve likely heard that virtual private networks protect your privacy. You’ve probably also heard that they don’t actually do that. Who to believe? Read more.

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Slashgear

MAY 10, 2022

Here's how to boost your privacy settings. Android is known for snooping on your personal data -- but it doesn't have to be that way.

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ARPost

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Let’s further discuss the security and privacy risks of VR and AR, and whether or not we should really be concerned about them. Security and Privacy Concerns with Virtual and Augmented Reality. What Else Can You Do? Guest Post.

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GizModo VR

AUGUST 16, 2022

Privacy is an obvious concern now that everything from smartphones to smartwatches to even smart glasses has built-in cameras. Banning covert cameras is never going to happen, and digitally altering images for privacy reasons is a real pain. So, researchers at UCLA are instead working on a radical new kind of camera … Read more.

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