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    [Content redacted by moi] To keep it simple: -- Yes, you are correct: "opting out" is now essentially meaningless. Anyone can be found through the SL web search that has replaced what they had before. -- However, the amount and type of information available through the LL search is much more limited than was the case before. Our information is now not nearly so exposed to anyone who chooses to look than it was. There will undoubtedly be further developments to come:
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    Chinese spy balloons? Pah! That's nothing . . .
  3. Scylla Rhiadra
    Really excellent point.
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    Hey you! Your boobs, as interesting as they no doubt are, are definitely off topic! Behave, young lady! 🙃
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    You may of course be correct, but not that LL has publicly (sort of) entered into an agreement with them, I think that discussion of what that agreement entails is probably ok. That said, we do need to be careful not to wander off-topic.
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    Could be better.
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    This is reasonable . . . maybe. I don't have objections to them harvesting information from anyone who is ok with that, and has consented. But here's the reason why I want to know what exactly "opting out" means. The process, as I understand it (and I'm open to correction) is this: a BonnieBelle bot TPs into a location. Using LSL, it immediately gathers minimally the following information: Who is in the region, along with data from their profile (which data appears under "Avatar Search") What attachments they are wearing (which data is later aggregated into their "attachments" page) How many avatars are in the region at that particular moment. Individually, all of these pieces of information are relatively harmless -- unless you combine them. And the process of harvesting must inevitably be combining them, i.e. Avatar X, wearing the following attachments, was in Region Y at such-and-such a date and time. Now, their web site isn't providing those associations; I imagine that if they had, LL would have responded far more strongly. BUT are they scouring those relationships from their database? Or does their database contain details about the presence of particular people at particular places, at particular times, wearing particular attachments? You can imagine how that sort of detailed information, relating these things, could be used for . . . not good purposes. This is why I want 1) a clear statement on whether opting out means that we are also not being harvested for data, and 2) how secure and safe their database is. For those who think that I may be overstating the threat of a database hack, I'd suggest you google "The Wrong Hands" and "Second Life." There is a precedent here.
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    I wonder how long it would take to produce a bot that sent emails opting all of SL out of this? 😉 Poetic justice?
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    Yep. Again, as I noted in the OP, I strongly suggest using an in-world IM to opt out for just that reason.
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    That would be nice, wouldn't it? This is very much the problem -- well, one of the problems -- with the "opt out" approach LL has apparently agreed to. As you note, the vast majority of people in-world don't even know their data is being harvested, yet alone that they can opt out of it. LL has, I believe, a responsibility to find a way to ensure that ALL residents are informed.
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    I agree. Please see my subsequent comment!
  12. Scylla Rhiadra
    Interesting point. Yes, I suppose you can. LOL
  13. Scylla Rhiadra
    Hi all, As per their recent agreement with Linden Lab, BonnieBot.com now offers the ability for both individuals and merchants to "opt-out" of their web site. It's unclear what "opting out" means -- whether they will stop harvesting your data, or simply stop displaying it (my suspicion is the latter). And, as there has been no effort that I've yet seen to ensure that residents even know that their data is being harvested, and that opting out is an option, this really should be an "opt-in" process . . . but that's a fight for a different day. For now, you have two options for "opting out." I would strongly suggest that those who wish to opt out choose the former method, as the latter exposes your email address to an organization that is apparently busily scraping as much data as they can lay their hands on. There are a great many questions still to be answered about this site, but for now we seem at least to be able to have our information (including Premium and Premium Plus status) removed from the public-facing portion of this site.
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    Yeah, sorry about that. Prok didn't post his transcription until after I'd post the video. If it makes you feel better, I sat through the entire thing too.
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    OH for god's sake. This forum software . . . @Orwar: Attempt 3 Also this:
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    @panterapolnocy has done us all a great service, as always. Lots of interesting info here on various subjects, I suppose, but not much on the other issue. https://youtu.be/8sDr_-Gn5A8
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    @panterapolnocy has done us all a great service, as always. Lots of interesting info here on various subjects, I suppose, but not much on the other issue, which they punted back to Patch.
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    My partner will occasionally "remind" me that women manage the cold better than men because "you have an extra layer of fat." Violence typically ensues.
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    Or should be Antarctic explorers, as they are clearly immune to frostbite. I came THIS close to asking the student if she was "ok." Her feet must have been freezing!
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    Yes, I saw that -- and I think even quoted it above in this thread. What we haven't yet been told is that inclusion in the Bonniebot list of avatars and merchants will be "opt-out," or that merchants' names will be hidden (which rather renders that feature pointless, I think?)
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    I love this. I just tried to do a pic using a very similar pose, and hated it: this, however, is really excellent! Especially the tight depth of focus!
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    The most awful thing -- it was -7C with wind chill today. And I saw a student walking to classes, properly bundled up in a winter coat, but wearing . . . crocks. With bare feet. In about 2 cms of wet snow.
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    (Note: We'd better return to peeves before we're threatened with another thread lock.) Peeve! Wet snow mixed with freezing rain. Make up your mind, damn it!
  24. Scylla Rhiadra
    The Concierge meeting was open to all -- but I couldn't make it. The "fireside chat with Patch" is a different thing. Did they convey the same information at the Concierge meeting?
  25. Scylla Rhiadra
    Ah. That's a recent change. This morning, the links were live. They look like they've been deliberately broken now. This is moving quickly.
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