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This is a minor but odd misstep from Facebook. The messages doesn't affect the devices, and few users will ever see them. But it has been criticised over privacy for years, and hiding "Big Brother is Watching" inside your products is... not a good look. https://t.co/0YtLQfo6eD pic.twitter.com/9rbb1D2sIf
— Rob Price (@robaeprice) April 12, 2019
Uber: *Gives illegal projects supervillain names Greyball, God View, & Hell*
— Josh Constine (@JoshConstine) April 12, 2019
Facebook: "Hold my beer..." https://t.co/3r1OaQlthz
Hidden messages saying "The Masons Were Here" and "This Space For Rent" have been included in regular consumer units of the Oculus Touch devices, while some developer kits got "Big Brother is Watching" and "Hi iFixit! We See You!" https://t.co/0YtLQfo6eD
— Rob Price (@robaeprice) April 12, 2019
Clarification: Not all of the affected controllers have shipped yet (developer ones have, but not the consumer ones.) But a Facebook spokesperson confirmed to me it won't be recalling the devices — meaning they will all ultimately make their way to users. https://t.co/t92FZVx6l2
— Rob Price (@robaeprice) April 12, 2019
Zuck is basically the Night King at this point. Just needs to resurrect a dragon to finish it https://t.co/kKRj4NcSEe
— David Taggart-PDMacro.com (@DavidTaggart) April 12, 2019
This might actually be the best thing fb has ever done. https://t.co/xsQa3Z1fax
— ???? ??? (@StBridgetAthena) April 12, 2019
the parodies write themselves https://t.co/QmTE5VNsSI
— Sophie Kleeman (@sophiekleeman) April 12, 2019
Facebook accidentally put hidden messages in ‘tens of thousands’ of VR controllers like ‘Big Brother is Watching’ that were only intended for prototype models https://t.co/fc3kehCn6n
— Mikael Thalen (@MikaelThalen) April 12, 2019
You’re dead to me if you call this clickbait. https://t.co/tmtlmHexR1
— Ian Hamilton (@hmltn) April 12, 2019
Oculus says ‘tens of thousands’ of its new controllers include secret messageshttps://t.co/6mO2cDhrQ6 pic.twitter.com/bAPPnueBXO
— The Verge (@verge) April 12, 2019
Facebook accidentally shipped 'tens of thousands' of VR controllers with hidden messages like 'Big Brother is Watching' and 'The Masons Were Here' https://t.co/qAvMtxcxmz
— Evan Kirstel at #Ideas2Inspire #Singapore (@evankirstel) April 13, 2019
Facebook includes weird messages inside Oculus Touch controllers https://t.co/sAxUPXgySI
— Jason (@jasong8891) April 13, 2019
Facebook said it accidentally put hidden messages like 'Big Brother is Watching' and 'The Masons Were Here' in 'tens of thousands' of VR controllers. https://t.co/My9xZ441tW
— ᴅᴇᴄᴏᴅᴇᴅ ʀᴇᴀʟɪᴛʏ (@DecodedReality) April 13, 2019
“Facebook said it accidentally hid bizarre and "inappropriate" messages inside "tens of thousands" of virtual-reality controllers, including "Big Brother is Watching" and "The Masons Were Here."”
— Velvet Blade (@velvetblade) April 13, 2019
“Accidentally”?
?https://t.co/V9YcwSfl4V
?BREAKING NEWS?@facebook has been experimenting with brainwashing techniques in Oculus Touch controllers‼️ https://t.co/pi8lKRw3Ik
— Venture Capital (@kelly2277) April 12, 2019
How is this possible? Inside job? What’s your pet theory?https://t.co/fff87RuwSW
— Chris Fisher (@ChrisLAS) April 13, 2019
NEW: Facebook accidentally shipped "tens of thousands" of VR controllers with hidden messages like "Big Brother is Watching" and "The Masons Were Here." https://t.co/0YtLQfo6eD
— Rob Price (@robaeprice) April 12, 2019
This is a minor but odd misstep from Facebook. The messages doesn't affect the devices, and few users will ever see them. But it has been criticised over privacy for years, and hiding "Big Brother is Watching" inside your products is... not a good look. https://t.co/0YtLQfo6eD pic.twitter.com/9rbb1D2sIf
— Rob Price (@robaeprice) April 12, 2019
Hidden messages saying "The Masons Were Here" and "This Space For Rent" have been included in regular consumer units of the Oculus Touch devices, while some developer kits got "Big Brother is Watching" and "Hi iFixit! We See You!" https://t.co/0YtLQfo6eD
— Rob Price (@robaeprice) April 12, 2019
Between accidentally shipping "Big Brother Is Watching" messages to thousands of customers and building hyper-realistic AI avatars in a lab named after the Panopticon, Oculus continues to be the funniest Facebook division. https://t.co/S3GurjLsOS
— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) April 12, 2019
Facebook accidentally put hidden messages in ‘tens of thousands’ of VR controllers like ‘Big Brother is Watching’ that were only intended for prototype models https://t.co/fc3kehCn6n
— Mikael Thalen (@MikaelThalen) April 12, 2019
Facebook “accidentally” put hidden messages like ‘Big Brother is Watching’ and ‘The Masons Were Here’ in ‘tens of thousands’ of VR controllers https://t.co/FTzLGzhPBq
— Ɠҽҽҟղìҟ (•̪̀●́) Ꝉąҍʂ (@geeknik) April 13, 2019
How is this not an article from The Onion:
— Geoffrey A. Fowler (@geoffreyfowler) April 13, 2019
Facebook accidentally put hidden messages like 'Big Brother is Watching' and 'The Masons Were Here' in 'tens of thousands' of VR controllers https://t.co/vQtjBg2z6F
"While most users of the Touch controller will never see the hidden messages, it's an awkward misstep for Facebook, which has faced sustained criticism on privacy issues for more than a decade."https://t.co/Frzz7z1MzG
— Pocket (@Pocket) April 12, 2019
Oculus says ‘tens of thousands’ of its new controllers include secret messageshttps://t.co/6mO2cDhrQ6 pic.twitter.com/SPPBLx5Bj3
— The Verge (@verge) April 13, 2019
Oculus Quest & Rift S Controllers Could Hide an Unintended Easter Egg Message Insidehttps://t.co/nCjnpHHNHK
— バーチャルYouTuberすこすこ弁護士 (@cross_law_firms) April 13, 2019
・QuestとRift Sのタッチコントローラーに隠しメッセージが仕込まれていることが発覚
・何万という数にのぼるらしい？
・既に製造プロセスを見直し済みで今後は発生しない
Road to VR Oculus Quest & Rift S Controllers Could Hide an Unintended Easter Egg Message Inside: Nate Mitchell, Oculus co-founder and head of VR product at Facebook, revealed that a number… https://t.co/zZyKPK0tSj #News #Oculus #OculusQuest #OculusRiftS #OculusTouch Via @RtoVR pic.twitter.com/E4FKPmjRaa
— Bradley Jon Eaglefeather (@bjeaglefeather) April 13, 2019
"Crack open one of these controllers and in the device’s guts you might find a message like 'The Masons were here' inscribed on a cable. Other devices apparently shipped with 'Big Brother Is Watching,'"https://t.co/Oy7xGotKlb
— Paul Dokas (@pauldokas) April 13, 2019
Messages included: "The Masons were here", "This space for rent", and "Big Brother is watching". https://t.co/VrG1hrUM0a
— Sharon K. Gilbert (@sharonkgilbert) April 14, 2019
Oculus Accidentally Hid Messages Mocking Privacy in Thousands of New Controllers https://t.co/AWSP6d1hAB pic.twitter.com/L7ZGvT9NIy
— Variety Gaming (@Variety_Gaming) April 13, 2019
Facebook's Oculus ships VR controllers with creepy hidden messages: 'Big Brother is Watching' - ABC News - https://t.co/3LaKC9Ijge via @ABC News
— Sharon K. Gilbert (@sharonkgilbert) April 14, 2019
You remember that time Facebook put “big brother is watching” inside shipping VR hardware? Oh. Yeah. That was today. https://t.co/tmtlmHexR1 pic.twitter.com/MWfDCAaybl
— Ian Hamilton (@hmltn) April 13, 2019
Facebook confirms it accidentally printed 'inappropriate' hidden messages on thousands of Oculus VR controllers like 'Big Brother is Watching' and ‘The Masons were here’ https://t.co/Npr3RzwBCY pic.twitter.com/GBtVhDM2VG
— Graham Cluley (@gcluley) April 13, 2019
Shouldn’t “Big Brother is Watching” be a standard disclaimer on @oculus headsets since Facebook bought the co? I actually think the technology is amazing and am so bummed that Facebook owns Oculus. https://t.co/PUlYGOqedJ
— Sally Hubbard (@Sally_Hubbard) April 15, 2019
Un moment de lucidité chez Facebook ?: #Facebook accidentally put hidden messages like 'Big Brother is Watching' and 'The Masons Were Here' in 'tens of thousands' of VR controllers https://t.co/4x0EIIvNME via @BiIndia
— Gérald Bouchez (@gerald_bouchez) April 15, 2019
Facebook accidentally shipped 'tens of thousands' of VR controllers with hidden messages like 'Big Brother is Watching' and 'The Masons Were Here' https://t.co/9Xt1RSB9Om #VR #virtualreality #Facebook #Oculus #OculusRift pic.twitter.com/TAr08syEzW
— Dev Diner (@DevDiner) April 13, 2019
Facebook channeling @lot2046 → https://t.co/tZaPK07gdr
— Patrick (@patrickehrlund) April 12, 2019
I just spat my coffee out, you couldn't make this up!
— Ben Metcalfe ? (@dotBen) April 13, 2019
"Facebook accidentally shipped 'tens of thousands' of virtual reality controllers with bizarre hidden messages, including "Big Brother is Watching" and "The Masons Were Here.” " https://t.co/tjnyxQ0bCc pic.twitter.com/CSW74DEnMD
First you laugh, then you realize that maybe it wasn't a joke after all. Facebook IS the big brother watching you.https://t.co/Osu3l4efw7
— Mikko Alasaarela | AI ❤ Blockchain (@alasaarela) April 12, 2019
Haha #ai! You’re soo funny and cute and lovable! #datascience #bigdata #MachineLearning #Trust #ThisAintIt
— DataGawd (@data_gawd) April 13, 2019
Big Brother is Watching': Facebook Accidentally Left Hidden Jokes in Thousands of Oculus Controllers https://t.co/lR44IVoPFQ via @gizmodo
?♂️ Bad joke. Bad timing. They really know how to have fun.... « Facebook accidentally put hidden messages like 'Big Brother is Watching' and 'The Masons Were Here' in 'tens of thousands' of VR controllers » https://t.co/RQizykpCMi
— Christophe Tricot (@ctricot) April 14, 2019
Facebook 'accidentally' put hidden messages like 'Big Brother is Watching' and 'The Masons Were Here' in 'tens of thousands' of VR controllershttps://t.co/I8HCcBvE3o
— ??????? ?? ?????????? (@Odonata_Anon) April 14, 2019
Facebook includes weird messages inside Oculus Touch controllers https://t.co/PHnXjkUZCn
— wake up (@corruptplanet) April 13, 2019
Facebook includes weird messages inside Oculus Touch controllers https://t.co/bVl5RJ1LLd
— BitBuyBit (@ACU_5BTC) April 13, 2019
how's that content moderation going @facebook https://t.co/FtETR4NuVq
— Robert Hackett (@rhhackett) April 13, 2019
? @Facebook 'accidentally' put hidden messages like 'Big Brother is Watching' and 'The Masons Were Here' in 'tens of thousands' of VR Oculus controllers https://t.co/ZbkOrnqzux
— Anonymous Hispano (@anonopshispano) April 13, 2019
Very funny story about these easter eggs inside @Oculus controllers
— TonyVT SkarredGhost (@SkarredGhost) April 14, 2019
Oculus Quest & Rift S Controllers Could Hide an Unintended Easter Egg Message Inside https://t.co/F2wX3cd9J9 di @RtoVR #VirtualReality #VR
Facebook's Oculus ships VR controllers with creepy hidden messages: 'Big Brother is Watching' https://t.co/2EOaWmut5V
— Ed Scarpo (@EdScarpo) April 14, 2019