Comments on: Second Life Privacy Flaw Allows Tracking of Users, Anywhere, Any Time

By: chicoverde

chicoverde — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 21:59:22 +0000

you don´t have to recompile or change open source. just download dale glass viewer http://sl.daleglass.net/ — The viewer can log the source of chat messages. It will log the owner of speaking objects, as well as the chat source’s location. For IMs, it’s capable of giving the exact position of the IM’s source on the grid, even if it’s nowhere near the one who receives it. This feature is enabled by checking the “Log owner and coordinates” checkbox in the chat history window. — Sometimes it comes only up with the SIM key, but this is not a real issue

By: dixon

dixon — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:50:30 +0000

i am taking a class using the second life program . where can i get a cheat sheet that tells me different comands and how to use them within second life ?

By: John Doe

John Doe — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:00:20 +0000

So has Second Life recently reversed engineered the current viewer so that one can not map someones location now on the grid by using Second Inventory when they are in IM chat with the person they what to track? In a November 2009 posting in the “help & tips” section of the Second Inventory forums it was stated that the IM tracking feature no longer works and has been stopped by Linden Lab engineers.

By: Second Inventory not working

Second Inventory not working — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:31:49 +0000

Uh I have Second Inventory and it doesn’t work.

By: John

John — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:10:19 +0000

Second inventory can’t track an avatar’s position unless they actually respond to the IM. So don’t buy it for this reason.

By: Alto Xeno builds

Alto Xeno builds — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:38:25 +0000

Privacy (not) in Second Life…

In a post about a week ago, Dusan Writer talked about code in the SL viewer that can be used to track any avatar in SL, any time. This was a "feature" of the SL map until late 2006, when it was turned off, but the underlying code is still the…

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Podmafia - 68 - I See You! | SLPN — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:26:49 +0000

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By: Podmafia - 68 - I See You! | The Podmafia Podcast

Podmafia - 68 - I See You! | The Podmafia Podcast — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 23:23:34 +0000

By: The Network

The Network — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 23:06:25 +0000

Second Life: You Can be Mapped by Anyone at Anytime?…

Article LinkThose of you who were registered in Second Life prior to 2007 may remember a feature where anyone on your Friends List could map you without your consent. It was later resolved by allowing you to toggle mapping capabilities for those on yo…

By: Massively SL rss - Second Life grid protocol leaks avatar locations? | Second Life Absorption

Sat, 18 Oct 2008 21:26:16 +0000

[...] to Dusan Writer, the Instant Messaging portion of the Second Life grid network protocols contains location information about every avatar who sends an IM to you. It’s been known for some time that the fields designed to encapsulate that information were [...]