I hope that anyone collecting data for analysis does so with the full and open disclosure that such a thing is being done. If they don't engage in such disclosure, they risk a terrible backlash once discovered.
On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 9:58 PM, Marcus Llewellyn <[email protected] > wrote: > 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 >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://opensimulator.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users > >
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