Tracking Software?

[LucyVoyager]

A friend of mine recently said she has software that tells her when people log on and off. She further said that she can view people remotely from this software. I asked her if it was something in the viewer and she was cagy about it. I got the idea it was some sort of third party software.

This seems wrong to me and a little but creepy. 

Does anyone know if this is real and how to block it? 

[Rowan Amore]

44 minutes ago, LucyVoyager said:

A friend of mine recently said she has software that tells her when people log on and off. She further said that she can view people remotely from this software. I asked her if it was something in the viewer and she was cagy about it. I got the idea it was some sort of third party software.

This seems wrong to me and a little but creepy. 

Does anyone know if this is real and how to block it? 

She probably has an online tracker.  By remote!y, she may mean that the tracker sends her an email if she's offline.  

[Love Zhaoying]

3 minutes ago, Rowan Amore said:

She probably has an online tracker.  By remote!y, she may mean that the tracker sends her an email if she's offline.  

I don't see how it could track "where" a person is in Second Life (view remotely).  Perhaps that part is a misunderstanding or exaggeration? 

ETA: Oh, I see - you covered that too 🙂

 

Edited November 26 by Love Zhaoying

[Jackson Redstar]

I know there is a HUD that let's you see a person's online status regardless if they are on your friends list or not (busted alot of married couples too that came in "hidden") I used to use that as I really only wanted to know if a handful of friends were online and also I keep off the viewer online notification. As far a viewing remotely I would suspect that is some illegal 'spyware'

[Paul Hexem]

I've got a device that sends me an email when certain people log in. If I reply to it, it'll send them an IM. Great way to initiate an offline IM to email conversation.

[Liv Simondsen]

1 hour ago, Paul Hexem said:

I've got a device that sends me an email when certain people log in. If I reply to it, it'll send them an IM. Great way to initiate an offline IM to email conversation.

what is it?

[LucyVoyager]

It could be an exaggeration. IDK. this person said they have "picked up a few tricks over the years."

I am going with the assumption they are watching me from a distance like they said and living my SL how I want. They probably won't like what they see anyway. 

Thanks for all the answers. You are sweet people.

[Wulfie Reanimator]

The script function llRequestAgentData can be used to check whether any avatar is online, and this can be done on a timer.

There's no way to "view people remotely" with scripts or otherwise. There's no API that reveals the location of an avatar unrestricted.

Edited Tuesday at 07:06 PM by Wulfie Reanimator

[Paul Hexem]

1 hour ago, Liv Simondsen said:

what is it?

Something I made using llRequestAgentData, llEmail, and llInstantMessage

[Jenny Ashland]

Someone I use to know used this to track people and IM them, don't know if it helps:

https://www.nemesys-soft.com/iOS/iOSSoftware_EN.html