What will you set your land to with new security?

And what's stopping them from continuing doing that with the new system ?
There are lots of people that has not and can not register in SL. Many dates back to 2004 or earlier. I can assure you they are no griefers, but they'll unfortunately suffer from this new silly idea.

There have been griefers in SL since day 1 (or day 2 maybe , and there always will be.
Until we get a way of stopping or reporting them (and where action will actually be taken), we'll just have to live with it. No wonder skyboxes are so popular now. Soon, half the SL population will be living at 500m+.

The new registration system sucks badly, and if you think you're being girefed now, just wait until more people and groups hear how easy it is to register for SL.

Wide open, and everyone is welcome to come visit.

Because some of us sell mature stuff, and we want at least some form of age verification.

I sell mature stuff, but the past month or so has demonstrated that most of the new people coming on are not griefers, nor are they kiddies. I think kiddies would hardly know how to reach my neck of the woods, anyway, and griefers simply don't want to make the extra effort, so I don't see much of a real threat to begin with. Subsequently, I will leave my land open, even though I am a stern advocate of age verification.

oh yes i know.. as i will be suffering from it myself.

Yeah, I play the game, not the forums. (crouching after calling SL a game)


As if this is going to make any difference in accessing adult stuff. SL is stuffed with it.
The only way that would work (somewhat) is if Linden blocked all Mature sims (and a viewrange perimeter around them) to unverified accounts.

You most definitely are. I have a close SL friend who has a club across the lot from my establishment. She is my age, runs a club, dungeon and various other things on her property, and has no social security number. Why? Because she's Swedish, and unless you expect everyone around the world to enroll in the Social Security Administrations Social Security System and pay their Social Security Taxes to a country that will never support them in any way, then Social Security Numbers are not, in fact a good way to establish proof of identity.

Actually, the requirement of the payment information is not to prevent people from entering these places that may or may not be under age. What it is is a way to provide legal protections for people who do sell mature products. So if someone comes in and sees / buys something, then in answer to this the owner of said establishment can say, "They had a credit card, and you must be at least eighteen to have one!" End of argument, as a credit card is recognized as legal proof of age, and so protects the owner of the establishments.

Of course, if the person cheated and panned the camera? Well, nobody can do anything about that.

Anyone lying about their age to enter the main ADULTS ONLY SL grid is already breaking the rules. Nothing changed about that since before 6-6-06. SL is still adults only. Anyone scamming the system to get themselves in when they are not allowed in is already stepping beyond the protection of the law.

It's like nudie magazines at the convient store. They are placed behind a counter where underage persons can't have access to them. If a kid comes into the store and walks around the counter where they are not allowed and starts looking at a Playboy, that does not make the store owner liable for the kid's mental re-direction bills. It makes the parent responsible still for the child doing something they were not allowed to do.

As for due dilligence, LL already uses due dilligence by having a system that automatically shunts anyone under 17 to the teen grid where adult content is restricted (as best they can). Until LL officvially does away with the teen grid and integrates the accounts onto one "everyone" grid, no teens are allowed here and the system itself is designed to keep them out.

All this really is is a way to hand those screaming loudest about the registration changes a bone to make em THINK something is being done and shut them up. In truth it does nothing beyond hurt the SL community by segregating people for no valid or truthful reason.