On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 07:55:57PM -0800, Bryon Ruxton wrote: > Of course, I know that Tigro. But just like any web site can detect a > user-agent and block it, I'd like to be able to detect the viewer agent, > (perhaps via llGetAgentInfo) of the avatar getting on my land anyway. > Such would be useful for various other reasons such a compatibility checks, > analysis of traffic sources, who you visitors are etc...
Actually, since you clearly WILL use this info to ban people from your shops,... it's a violation of privacy. Look at that scam object that was released not long ago, being sold for a monthly fee of L$ 700... It adds peoples names to a central database once they are detected (hopefully without any false-positives) to use a known-bad viewer (ie, neillife or cryolife, listed by name in the blog threads). Result: that account is from then on banned in EVERY sim that uses this object. There is so much wrong with that that I won't even begin. Add to that remarks in the said blog like "every possible banned thief is a benefit", and the conclusion is easy: If LL makes the agent ID's public, people will soon ban *ALL* minor TPV's (being all of them, except maybe emerald, because that has already a pretty large userbase) "just in case". The result: Total death to all TPV development; nobody will be able to start with their own new viewer, because nobody will use a viewer that is instantly banned JUST because it's used by a minority and you "never know if won't be stealing my stuff". Hence, privacy. -- Carlo Wood <ca...@alinoe.com> _______________________________________________ Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting privileges
