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.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/2180929

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.

  • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
    11·
    4 hours ago

    And this is why I never considered buying one, because meta owns it. There was also the time they forced login with a meta or Facebook account or something, then they reverted that. But these kinds of things could happen at any point in time.

  • Euphoma@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    6 hours ago

    Meta’s drm is ass if this has existed for years. You can play pirated games like eleven table tennis online and walkabaout mini golf online

      • utopiah@lemmy.ml
        3·
        2 hours ago

        Which isn’t standalone (or “all in one” as I imagine they meant). I have an Index and a SteamDeck. I can’t wait to buy something at the intersection of both.