It occurred to me that for those who just want to collect data for analysis, some way to anonymize what's recorded could be beneficial. If OpenSim makes use of a session ID or something, that could be used in place of user names, perhaps. On Jul 9, 2014 11:48 PM, "Dahlia Trimble" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Personally I'm not a big fan of tapping into user's instant messages. I'd > hope that those considering using such a module would respect their users' > expectation of privacy. However if you do choose to use such a module, it > may be beneficial to make sure you will be operating within any wiretapping > laws that may apply before doing so. > > I'm hopeful that OpenSimulator can flourish as a platform where users' > rights are respected. > > > On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Justin Clark-Casey < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi folks. I just thought that I would post about an event recording >> module [1] that I recently wrote as part of some recent work with the Air >> Force Research Laboratory/Wright Brothers Institute Discovery Lab [2]. >> >> This works at the simulator level and can record user logins, logouts, >> region entrance, chat and IM to either the OpenSim log or a MySQL database >> for later analysis. It's a bit panopticon, but in the past people have >> asked for this kind of functionality for various reasons (e.g. to know who >> has been on the grid, to study communications in training/game scenarios as >> part of research projects, etc.). >> >> It's OpenSimulator 0.8 and onwards only since that allowed me to use some >> handy .NET 4 structures to make sure that event recording doesn't adverse >> impact other parts of the simulator. Also, it currently needs to be >> compiled from source >> >> [1] https://github.com/justincc/EventRecordingModule >> [2] http://wbi-icc.com/centers-services/discovery-lab >> >> Regards, >> >> -- >> Justin Clark-Casey (justincc) >> OSVW Consulting >> http://justincc.org >> http://twitter.com/justincc >> _______________________________________________ >> Opensim-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://opensimulator.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://opensimulator.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > >
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