Dear Shri Ravishankar Prasadji ,
Please look at the following development by Facebook ( Future
is already here ? Privacy is dead – RIP ? ) in the following context :
Ø New
IT rules ( announced only 3 months ago ) are being challenged by some Social
Media platforms / intermediaries
Ø Proposed
DATA PROTECTION LAW ( still a BILL ), seems to be going nowhere
Ø LEO
satellites ( Starlink – OneWeb – Kuiper etc ) will take broadband to every
corner of India
Ø
China
is preparing to launch a LEO satellite capable of 6G ( download
1000 movies in ONE second ! )
Facebook
Development :
( source : Facebook
testing in-headset VR ads for Oculus / 17 June 2021 )
Extract :
Ø Facebook has
announced it's going to start testing in-headset VR adverts.
Ø Facebook initially started
testing adverts on the Oculus mobile app last month, but it's now taking things
a step further by trialling adverts inside the Oculus Quest VR headset
Ø it looks like
players can point at an advert to click on a link or save it for later. There's
also a drop-down menu to report and hide ads, and an option to tweak user
preferences.
Ø if you click on an
advert in-headset, Facebook will get information about whether you interacted
with it
Ø the system will use
data from your Facebook profile, as well as whether you've "viewed
content, installed, activated, or subscribed to a Oculus app, added an app to
your cart or wishlist, if you've initiated checkout or purchased an app on the
Oculus platform, and lastly, whether you've viewed, hovered, saved, or clicked
on an ad within a third-party app".
Dear
Shri Prasadji,
Governments
around the World seem to be saying :
“
Let us tax the revenues that the Social Media are earning from targeted advertisement
– based on PRIVATE / PERSONAL DATA, they collect about their users , without
explicit user permissions “
This
approach is not going to take them very far. There will be court cases going on
for decades ! It will be a futile exercise
I once
again urge you to show a totally different way to the World by considering
implementation of :
Ø Digital
Dividend from Demographic Data [ 4 D ]…………………......[ 14 Feb 2019 ]
Ø SARAL ( Single Authentic Registration
for Anywhere Login )…[ 10 Feb 2019 ]
MY TAKE :
(
Source : A
Greed-Ship named Facebook – 21 Sept
2020 )
Here is what Peter Diamandis writes
in his 2020 book,
“ The
Future is Faster than You Think “ [ page : 118 ] ,
“ ….the global advertising industry surpassed
$ 550 billion, driving Google’s valuation north of $ 700 billion and Facebook’s
above $ 500 billion. The reason for this spike is that these numbers are based
on our data and the trail left by,
Ø Our
searches
Ø Our
likes and dislikes
Ø What
we desire
Ø Who
our friends are
Ø What
we ( and they ) are clicking on these days
But with a blitzkrieg of TECHNOLOGIES
converging on the industry, advertising will continue to change.
First, it’s likely to get a little more invasive and
a lot more personal “
Within a few months of Peter’s Prediction,
Facebook is out to prove him right, by launching :
Announcing Project Aria: A Research Project on the Future
of Wearable AR / 16 Sept 2020
As expected, this innocuous-sounding
announcement says :
Ø Project Aria glasses are not a consumer product, nor are they a prototype. They won’t
display any information on the inside of the lens, and research participants
cannot view or listen to the raw data captured by the device.
Ø
Again, we are not releasing this device to the
general public and it won’t be for sale.
The
announcement goes on to list measures adopted for DATA PRIVACY PROTECTION , at :
https://about.fb.com/realitylabs/projectaria/
But
critics would rather believe Peter Diamandis than trust Facebook !
Following
is one article re “ potential misuse “ of Project Aria VR Glasses :
Facebook’s Project Aria Is Google Maps — For Your Entire
Life /
Dave
Gershgorn ( 18 Sept 2020 )
Extract :
Ø Facebook can already see almost every aspect of how the world uses the internet, through its ad tracking of users and nonusers on and off its site. Project Aria would
add a physical dimension to Facebook’s omnipotent gaze.
Ø If the project goes according to plan, the final result would be a live, 3D map
of the world, constantly updated
with AR headsets
Ø Ostensibly, Facebook will possess a live map of your home, pictures of your
loved ones, pictures of any
be looking at with the glasses on, passwords — literally your entire life
Ø The product and research decisions made by Facebook right now can determine
whether Facebook is actually
Ø Who has access to see the data from this live 3D map, and what, precisely,
constitutes private versus public
Ø Faces might be blurred, but people can be easily identified without their faces.
What happens if law
enforcement
Facebook’s LiveMap ?
Ø One thing is for certain: If the company handles this platform the same way it’s
handled Facebook.com, we’re in for a lot of trouble
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