Security

[TomSune]

Is the SL viewer secured with SSL or any other kind of security for text and voice chat ?

[Freya Mokusei]

Text chat isn't. If I recall correctly (been a while) that's all sent via HTTP.

I don't know about Voice, it's property of Vivox and is closed-box, but that doesn't guarantee any additional security. I have heard some fun anecdotal stories that suggest security is laughably poor, but I have nothing to post to confirm this.

You might be interested in this page: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Linden_Lab_Official:Technical_overview_of_Second_Life_security

[Lindal Kidd]

No.  It's assumed that you're using the communication channels in Second Life for harmless, legal, and non-incriminating purposes of entertainment.

If you think you need greater security that that offered by your anonymity as an avatar, and using an email address associated only with that user name, then you'll have to take steps outside of SL, such as IP masking.