Anonymous ID: c8da72 April 13, 2019, 4:53 a.m. No.6161970   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>1999 >>2087 >>2196 >>2362

https://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-weird-messages-oculus-touch-controllers-2019-4

https://outline.com/7UVvjj

 

Facebook accidentally put hidden messages like 'Big Brother is Watching' and 'The Masons Were Here' in 'tens of thousands' of VR controllers

 

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."

 

Nate Mitchell, the cofounder of Oculus, the Facebook-owned VR company, said on Twitter on Friday that the company inadvertently printed some unusual messages in its Touch controllers, handheld devices for playing games and navigating VR environments.

 

These messages were intended only for prototypes, but a mistake meant they were included in regular production devices, he said. Some messages were included in developer kits for people building software for the product, while others made their way into consumer devices in significantly larger numbers.

 

While there should have been no internal messages of any kind in any of the devices, a Facebook representative told Business Insider that the company would not recall them.

 

"Unfortunately, some 'easter egg' labels meant for prototypes accidentally made it onto the internal hardware for tens of thousands of Touch controllers," Mitchell wrote.

 

"The messages on final production hardware say 'This Space For Rent' & 'The Masons Were Here.' A few dev kits shipped with 'Big Brother is Watching' and 'Hi iFixit! We See You!' but those were limited to non-consumer units," he said. iFixit is a tech repair company known for publicly deconstructing new gadgets and posting photos of their innards online.

 

Mitchell added: "While I appreciate easter eggs, these were inappropriate and should have been removed. The integrity and functionality of the hardware were not compromised, and we've fixed our process so this won't happen again."

 

The Facebook representative, Johanna Peace, told Business Insider that while none of the affected consumer devices had been shipped yet, they would ultimately go out with the hidden messages.

 

"To be clear, no devices have been sold with these messages yet, since Quest and Rift S have not yet shipped," Peace wrote in an email, referring to the company's other VR products. "That said, as mentioned in Nate's tweet, the messages will be inside tens of thousands of controller pairs that will ship to consumers when Quest and Rift S ship."

Anonymous ID: c8da72 April 13, 2019, 5:32 a.m. No.6162086   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>2099 >>2103 >>2106

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https://medium.com/@sanfranmag/the-resistance-2716cbd2fa24

 

Oakland mayor Libby Schaaf met with immigrantsโ€™ rights groups and hatched a $1.3 million proposal to fund, along with Alameda County, a rapid-response team of lawyers for an informational hotline to help immigrants fight ICE raids.

Anonymous ID: c8da72 April 13, 2019, 6:07 a.m. No.6162234   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun   >>2248 >>2362 >>2472 >>2625 >>2671

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/investigation-launched-handling-jussie-smollett-case/story?id=62361868

 

Investigation launched into handling of Jussie Smollett case

 

Kim Foxx, the embattled Chicago state's attorney whose office has come under fire for its handling of the Jussie Smollett case, has asked the local inspector general to conduct an "independent review" of their investigation, she confirmed in a statement.

 

The news comes the day after the city's law department announced that they are suing Smollett to recoup the amount that they had to spend in order to cover the overtime of police officers during the investigation.

 

Smollet's case has sparked a firestorm ever since news broke of the Jan. 29 alleged attack. Controversy was further stoked when police alleged the incident was a hoax and ultimately when prosecutors dropped the charges against the actor.

 

Foxx said that she "invited" the inspector general, Patrick Blanchard, to look into her office's handling of the case, which involved the "Empire" actor's claims of being a victim of a hate crime that police alleged was a hoax.

 

"A former prosecutor, Inspector General Blanchard has been conducting independent inquiries for Cook County for over a decade," Foxx wrote in her statement.

 

"Ensuring that I and my office have the communityโ€™s trust and confidence is paramount to me, which is why I invited an independent review of this matter. I welcome this investigation and pledge my full cooperation and the cooperation of my office as IG Blanchard conducts his review."