Facebook Accidentally Shipped 'Tens of Thousands' of VR Controllers With Hidden Messages Like 'Big Brother is Watching' and 'The Masons Were Here' (businessinsider.com)

Facebook accidentally shipped "tens of thousands" of virtual reality (VR) controllers with bizarre hidden messages, including "Big Brother is Watching" and "The Masons Were Here," reports BusinessInsider. From the report: Nate Mitchell, the cofounder of Facebook-owned VR organisation Oculus, wrote on Twitter on Friday that the company inadvertently printed some unusual messages inside its Touch controllers, handheld devices for playing games and navigating inside VR. These messages were intended only for prototypes, he said -- but a mistake meant they were included in regular production devices. "Unfortunately, some 'easter egg' labels meant for prototypes accidentally made it onto the internal hardware for tens of thousands of Touch controllers," the tech executive wrote.

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treat all systems as if they are production

[unity]

"These messages were intended only for prototypes, he said"

This is why you always treat data in test and devel systems as if it was a production or a demo system.

It is not good when you are demoing to a customer and they login with a test account and are greeted with the message, "Welcome back, Big Asshole."

Lesson to learn

[enriquevagu]

Easter eggs may be funny, but they should never be against the public image of your company. "Big Brother is watching"

Re:Lesson to learn

[Anonymous Coward]

Really says a lot about how privacy concerns are viewed within facebook. They think it's all a big joke.

IT WAS VIRAL MARKETING!

[tomhath]

Run out and buy one quick - they'll be more collectable than Beanie Babies. And the marketing drones who thought this up will get nice bonuses.

Fucking hell

[Colourspace]

When they eventually come to name the current epoch, they may well settle on "Youcouldntmakethisshitupstocene".