[sldev] Re: "But your IP wouldn't be safe"

[Dzonatas]

Able Whitman wrote:
>
> Why the information disclosure is protected is irrelevant. The fact is 
> that this information is protected now, and some users depend upon 
> this fact to help ensure their anonymity.  Changing this behavior 
> would be introducing a security bug, and would be unacceptable.
Hmm. Dare to try that one with the WSE?

I still wonder where the actual point of disclosure is at.

Perhaps, there could be a preference option that the user can check if 
they prefer to be completely anonymous to anybody except LL along with 
the note that being completely anonymous may disabled the more powerful 
features of the Internet and their quality of experience in-world.

> For example, the first time you walk into a parcel with streaming 
> audio, the viewer prompts you whether you want to enable streaming 
> media or not. This is basically the sort of consent I advocate with 
> any similar feature:
>
> 1. it is off by default,
> 2. the user is informed of its presence when appropriate,
> 3. the user then has the option of turning the feature on or leaving 
> it off, and
> 4. most importantly, the user's decision (either way) is reversible
>
Excellent point the justify a viewer change -- to make sure those that 
use http addresses to gather their textures first understand these 
things. That being any content provider may serve the data to them and 
not just LL.

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