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.

  • straF@lemmy.worldEnglish
    60·
    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
      123·
      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.