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Oculus 'Always On' Services and Privacy Policy May Be a Cause for Concern (uploadvr.com)
Will Mason, reporting for Upload VR: It turns out when you install the software to run Facebook's Oculus Rift, it creates a process with full system permissions called "VRServer_x64.exe." This process is always on, and regularly sends updates back to Facebook's servers. The process' main purpose is to help detect when the Rift is turned on and on your face so that it can launch Oculus Home, but the further reaching implications of it are potentially much more salacious. Digging into the Oculus Rift's Privacy Policy reveals that Facebook is not the only company that is able to collect your data, as under the policy "third parties may also collect information about you through the Services," this includes entities on the "related companies" list. The company plans to utilize your data to, among other things, "market to you." Surprised?
Even better when people start disabling this background service only to later find their expensive toy no longer works thanks to this always on DRM.
This is precisely why I lost all interest in Oculus the instant I heard that it had been acquired by Facebook.