VidaSTARR Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I have a query about privacy which i'm hoping someone can help with, someone is using something...i dont know if its a third party viewer or a hud or something to track when i log off and log on aswell as other names i have, is this against TOS and if it is how do i go about getting this person banned or there programs removed to stop tracking me, naturally this must be grossly against privacy for second life residents and must be stopped =x thanks for all answers in advance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valerie Inshan Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 There is no real privacy in Second Life. Most TPVs allow others to see when you are online. And it is not against the ToS. What is against the guidelines is harrassing, griefing or threatening you. In these cases, you are entitled to file an Abuse Report including as much as proofs as possible such as chat and IM logs and pictures if you have any. http://community.secondlife.com/t5/English-Knowledge-Base/Filing-an-abuse-report/ta-p/700065 Check the permissions on your friends list. Make sure you don't allow an unwanted person to see you on the map. Set your web profile privacy to friends only or nobody. Avoid pics and names of your favorite places, that's often how people can find you. In the end, the only way to be completely incognito in SL is to create an alt without telling anybody. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VidaSTARR Posted January 13, 2012 Author Share Posted January 13, 2012 after doing some research i found there are huds in world that can track people like that, i'm wonder now if i was to mute the user would i then stop being tracked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valerie Inshan Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I must admit I don't know much about these huds. I hope someone else comes here with a better knowledge about that. But in any case, muting and blocking residents who bother you is the first step you have to take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterCanessa Oh Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 No - you can't stop anyone seeing when you are on- or off-line. nor is it against TOS for them to check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knowl Paine Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 If you ask somebody to leave you alone and they don't they are in Violation you may file an Abuse Report to document that activity. (or you may not) Mute / Resume Second Life :matte-motes-sunglasses-2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marigold Devin Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 I use one of these devices. It is called an Avatar Online Tracker. It only shows the log in and log out times of people, and does not actually tell anyone where another avatar is, and is really only the equivalent of you being able to look across your street, and see if a car pulls into a driveway or a light comes on in a window to know that your neighbours are home. It does not invade anyone's privacy any more than that either. Anyone can see when you are online, or when you last logged in, if they join the same groups as you, and look at the list of group members. As has already been said in this thread, the only way to have total privacy/anonymity, is to create an alternative account and tell no one about it. I have those too - we all need to be unavailable at times, and it's far easier than just having to hide behind the sofa when someone calls :matte-motes-big-grin-wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarissa Lowell Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 They should not be able to know your other names or alternate accounts. That is the disturbing part. Try filing an abuse report with Linden Lab and give as many proofs as you can. Ask them to look into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 do they know anything about you..like what groups you are in or where you go to hang out.. people can be very resourceful and persistant even without a program or hud.. try to figure out if they are in any of the same groups..groups can give out the last time you logged into sl..also if you are logged in at the moment as well.. also they may know someone you know and getting information from other people and those people not even know they are giving away important information.. if you show your groups in your profile..all they have to do is join any of them that are open enrollment.. with LL pushing all this web based crap..it's gonna get less and less private the more it goes on.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amethyst Jetaime Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 As far as 'knowing other names' you have, there was a product called RedZone a few months back that was able to find out your IP address and the names of all avatars associated with that address. However that product is banned from SL now. Its possible however that there are similar things around. If someone is resourceful and persistent enough they can find out the names of your alts in many ways that are perfectly legal. If your alts belong to the same groups as you do, if you have pictures of them in your profile, or even friends that know the names and give them out on purpose or inadvertently, to name a few. I've even seen people create alts that are exactly like their main avi, other than having a different name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madman626 Fall Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Privacy in Sl you came to the wrong place then if that what you was looking for,, might has well wear a big sign saying I'm online ( that was a joke ) yeah there huds but you don't have to have them to see you online open up your profile all it take for the most part ,, heck even IM you and they will know . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 ya you have to really kind of make a game out of stalkers lol you must enjoy the stalker ..embrace the stalker ..drive them nuts with attention to where they now feel like you will be boiling rabbits in their kitchen.. make them want to get away from you..love them more than they have ever been loved..so much that they run!! \o/ hehehehehehe my song to my stalker..it is the deal closer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pussycat Catnap Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 If someone bugs you even once after being told not to, click that report option, preferably with a screen going that has their IMs in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtney Sinister Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 As people have said, it is simple to know if you log on or off in sl. They shouldn't currently be able to detect alts easily, unless you are not careful. I enjoy determining who is an alt of who, it's sort of a hobby. There's nothing wrong with that as long as you don't use spy tech like Redzone to do it, and if you don't hassle them about it. I keep the knowledge to myself. What I use to determine who is an alt of who is the silly mistakes most people make. They introduce alts to the people they know, then log on and off contigously. If Fred and Sue are seldom on at the same time, and one always logs on within a couple minutes of the other logging off, it gives a pretty good clue. If they have the same groups, make the same typos, have the same indosyncracies, you have some good confirmation. If they bring up the other account to ask how you feel about them or show up in a place they shouldn't know about when people close to the other account are there, it is just getting childish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vania Chaplin Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 What is hapening? My previous message is blank, and I cannot even edit it! It should say that I make many mistakes, like welcome someone that is a friend of an alt, but I supposedly not know. Anyway my alts are not a secret. (wishing that this time the message goes) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pussycat Catnap Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Courtney Sinister wrote: What I use to determine who is an alt of who is the silly mistakes most people make. They introduce alts to the people they know, then log on and off contigously. If Fred and Sue are seldom on at the same time, and one always logs on within a couple minutes of the other logging off, it gives a pretty good clue. If they have the same groups, make the same typos, have the same indosyncracies, you have some good confirmation. Maybe they introduce them because they want people to know, and its odd that you call this a silly mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 my husband and i use second life..i used to have to log off so he could get on before we got WI FI.. really those are just guesses to guess alts.. about the only one that may hold water would be typing styles.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ceka Cianci Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 sorry pussycat..that was not a response to you..the forums are messed up right now and i hit the only response button that seemed to work..the forums are messed up right now..that was like my third attempt at responding to this thread today lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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