Meta Quest 3 - Privacy workaround?
from RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com to privacy@lemmy.ml on 26 Jul 2024 19:58
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/24754746

Is there any up-to-date method to keep the Meta Quest 3 as privacy friendly as possilbe? I know it can’t be made perfect, but maybe some known working block lists etc.?

i’m thinking about getting one but their data hoarding is the reason i don’t want to. Unless i can somehow make it less invasive.

#privacy

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bruhbeans@lemmy.ml on 26 Jul 2024 20:07 collapse

I did this by getting rid of my OQ2, but until then, I used this list in my DNS adblocker, which seemed effective:

0.0.0.0 oculus.com
0.0.0.0 oculuscdn.com 
0.0.0.0 facebook-hardware.com 
0.0.0.0 graph.oculus.com
0.0.0.0 fbsbx.com 
0.0.0.0 crashlytics.com
0.0.0.0 edge-mqtt.facebook.com
0.0.0.0 scontent-frt3-1.xx.fbcdn.net
0.0.0.0 rupload.facebook.com
0.0.0.0 graph.oculus.com
0.0.0.0 graph.oculus.com.lan
0.0.0.0 mqtt-mini.facebook.com
RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 26 Jul 2024 20:21 collapse

Interesting, you don’t have any limitations i assume?

i want to use it solely for streaming steam games to it. I wouldn’t even want to touch anything else. I don’t know if i can dodge the store completely by using ALVR instead of Steam Link.

bruhbeans@lemmy.ml on 26 Jul 2024 21:14 collapse

“limitations” - I couldn’t auto-update apps or the OS, I considered that a feature. I didn’t do anything besides use VR Desktop and try and fail to use ALVR, that all worked fine. ALVR didn’t work because SteamVR on Linux is hot garbage, not because of my DNS blocking.

RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 26 Jul 2024 21:19 collapse

Good to know - thanks for the feedback!

So the Quest 2 works to this day with those DNS blocks? You use SteamLink now i assume? Or you ever got ALVR working?

When looking up the Valve Index i don’t see that many issues with SteamVR on Linux?

bruhbeans@lemmy.ml on 26 Jul 2024 21:33 next collapse

I got rid of the Q2 a couple months ago but never had issues.

I used Virtual Desktop, not SteamLink

You don’t see a lot of issues because the few people who ever used SteamVR on Linux ran away screaming and never came back¹

¹I made that up, but it’s bad

RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 26 Jul 2024 21:36 collapse

Can you play VR games in Virtual Desktop? Like BeatSaber for example?

bruhbeans@lemmy.ml on 26 Jul 2024 21:38 collapse

Yes, works best of the solutions I’ve tried

RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 26 Jul 2024 21:41 collapse

Oh i didn’t know that!

How did you find the latency?

bruhbeans@lemmy.ml on 26 Jul 2024 22:02 collapse

Best of the solutions I tried (steam link for quest, ALVR, oculus link)

RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 26 Jul 2024 22:13 collapse

Awesome, i will get the chance to take a Q3 home from a friend and test it out. Thanks!

Blisterexe@lemmy.zip on 26 Jul 2024 21:33 collapse

Steamvr on linux seems nice if you have the index, but is hit or miss with other headsets, at least that’s what ive heard

RandomLegend@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 26 Jul 2024 21:36 next collapse

Good to know

yonder@sh.itjust.works on 30 Jul 2024 04:49 collapse

LVRA has a great table listing compatibility.