Love Zhaoying Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 A story about “security flaws” in SL showed up on my Google News feed today. Apparently an ex-employee decided to give interviews about it..9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amina Sopwith Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 If it's not one of the Register's "Sadville" ones, I probably won't read it. They were unkind but funny (and often true), and I can take a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmi Zehetbauer Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 (edited) I found the article (on Wired) and sounds like the ex-employee mad at the company thing which happens a lot all over. Edited August 16, 2019 by Kimmi Zehetbauer Memory fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garnet Psaltery Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 18 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said: A story about “security flaws” in SL showed up on my Google News feed today. Apparently an ex-employee decided to give interviews about it..9 Oh good grief. I found the article easily and I can see the ex-employee is claiming 3 oppression points. I wouldn't give her the time of day, let alone employ her. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Macbain Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 ALLEGED security flaws. I've read this woman's lawsuit from the first word to the last word, and it seems to be quiet frivolous from my IANAL perspective. Nothing she has alleged seems to hold any merit according to information included in her lawsuit. As a woman and a non-Christian, it's embarrassing to see yet another woman filing yet another discrimination lawsuit because she was a difficult employee that couldn't get along with coworkers and overstepped her position and blames it on her gender, race, or religion with absolutely nothing to back that up. Women of her ilk make it much harder for people who actually are being discriminated against to be believed. It's shameful. 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 1 minute ago, Beth Macbain said: IANAL ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Macbain Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Just now, Love Zhaoying said: ? I Am Not A Lawyer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 Just now, Beth Macbain said: I Am Not A Lawyer. The acronym is..unfortunate. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Macbain Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Just now, Love Zhaoying said: The acronym is..unfortunate. Attempting to not get sent into time-out for a few days, but... Not for everyone. 😁 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 Anyway, in addition to her “oppression points”, it almost appears some of the “issues” in SL which are listed were intended to be, um, tawdry or inflammatory. We’ve been discussing those “issues” for years; maybe she was just extra “concerned” about those “issues”...? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimmi Zehetbauer Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 5 minutes ago, Beth Macbain said: ALLEGED security flaws. I was chatting with someone in world who does scripting and he said he thought he found a flaw a few years back. He lodged a ticket at the helpdesk and a Linden did contact him about the concern. Found out it was a 3rd party viewer that had the flaw and he lodged the into to the viewer's publisher. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 3 minutes ago, Beth Macbain said: Not for everyone. 😁 Agreed, instead of “unfortunate” I’d call it “getting lucky”. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Gregoire Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 I wonder what Soft has to say about all this. Not that he could say anything before the case is closed by the court. I have no doubt he would go to bat for us if there were such huge issues with SL security. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyona Su Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Al lot of collateral hoopla over what is basically just another discrimination suit. ~yawns~ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucagrabacr Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Oh my it's Kavya (I know her on Linkedin and have read some of her articles about working on LL while she was still working with LL, which was positive at the time), it makes me a bit sad to see her doing this especially with the overt political overtones, I just wish this whole thing would be resolved smoothly without any negative impact to us residents, as most of these kinda things, contrary to the proclaimed intent, usually never end up improving anything 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 29 minutes ago, lucagrabacr said: these kinda things, contrary to the proclaimed intent, usually never end up improving anything On the other hand..if she really was mistreated or disrespected because of her cultural heritage and/or ethnic background..maybe LL will start diversity training. My own company has a strong culture of diversity, with all kinds of training for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bree Giffen Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 I'm only interested in the security flaw portion of the article. The rest is just dirty laundry. Access to personal information by contractors is a big flaw that should not be ignored. That's how customer data was leaked at Target. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garnet Psaltery Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said: On the other hand..if she really was mistreated or disrespected because of her cultural heritage and/or ethnic background I find that scenario incredible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Garnet Psaltery said: I find that scenario incredible. Happens all the time, that’s why there are pushes to fix issues..like in the 70’s before sexual harassment laws, things got better in some places due to laws and increased awareness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth Macbain Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 35 minutes ago, Love Zhaoying said: Happens all the time, that’s why there are pushes to fix issues..like in the 70’s before sexual harassment laws, things got better in some places due to laws and increased awareness. It does happen a lot, and that's why it's so despicable when someone cries wolf. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garnet Psaltery Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Love Zhaoying said: Happens all the time, that’s why there are pushes to fix issues..like in the 70’s before sexual harassment laws, things got better in some places due to laws and increased awareness. I'm referring specifically to LL, which is what you mentioned. The staffing has been diverse for at least as long as the 14 years I've been around. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 6 hours ago, Love Zhaoying said: On the other hand..if she really was mistreated or disrespected because of her cultural heritage and/or ethnic background..maybe LL will start diversity training. My own company has a strong culture of diversity, with all kinds of training for it. Given how diverse LL is and how supportive they have always been to things like Pride celebrations, I have a very hard time believing they would discriminate due to something like ethic background. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selene Gregoire Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 5 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said: Given how diverse LL is and how supportive they have always been to things like Pride celebrations, I have a very hard time believing they would discriminate due to something like ethic background. I'm not buying the implied racism either. One of the draws of SL has always been LL's diversity. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyona Su Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 (edited) 14 minutes ago, LittleMe Jewell said: Given how diverse LL is and how supportive they have always been to things like Pride celebrations, I have a very hard time believing they would discriminate due to something like ethic background. I worked for Boys and Girls club once. You *cannot* find a more diverse anything with regard to race than at that place. So we fired an Afro-American (Calling him by simple description, here) - and guess what he does: Files a lawsuit on *discrimination*. A place where the minority population is literally 85% of the staff *and* clientele. I roll my eyes HARD every time anyone brings up racial discrimination as the primary accusation in any dispute. It's also the hardest thing to prove in a court of law, yet they do it anyway. Not because they will win (they will not and know they will not) but rather, it's to "hurt" the company with bad publicity and legal costs they will be forced to pay. So I say poo-poo on this person, they're full of [common word for poo] because if it were legitimate, they wouldn't be tooting their horn in this way. One side of the coin painting the other side black. If it actually goes to trial I imagine the accused will easily plonk the accuser hard. But there is the cost in money, time, effort and all the rest they have to contend with. That's the real shame in it all. It will be settled out of court to save costs and bad publicity suffered by LL and the accuser will "get away with it". Status Quo. Edited August 17, 2019 by Alyona Su 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 17, 2019 Author Share Posted August 17, 2019 Wow, so much judge! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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