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.

  • Chainweasel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    46·
    1 year ago

    I always wanted one, but when they made it a requirement to have and link a Facebook account to use it I completely lost interest.

    • HughJanus@lemmy.mlEnglish
      112·
      1 year ago

      I have one. Not long after I bought it, it became a brick because it forced a software update that forced a Facebook sign in to use it.

    • Steeve@lemmy.caEnglish
      34·
      1 year ago

      They took that out a while ago, that’s when I picked up the Quest 2. Honestly, it’s the best PCVR headset out there, and this article has nothing to do with PCVR, just their own platform. This won’t affect your ability to pirate PCVR games at all.