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Sys Slade
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Join date: 15 Feb 2007
Posts: 626
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05-10-2007 10:13
From: cHex Losangeles Now consider...Law enforcement is investigating the disappearance of 13-year-old-boy C The system that wont actually be implemented in a few days according to aristotle (who claim to have no contract with LL) will not be useful in the slightest. Person A, linked to the disappearance of a child who used their parents details has verified themselves using details of person B, from a list of 100,000 that was stolen from whichever was the latest agency to lose a laptop. Furthermore, person A uses a socks proxy on a hacked PC to access secondlife. Meanwhile, person C who has been passing photos of child porn to person B is not verified in the slightest. Person B not only doesn't know who person A or C are, but now has feds taking away their computers and asking certain questions that will affect their lives, as well as an inventory full of kiddie porn. The entire verification system, no matter which way it is done, is inherently untrustable. The only thing this system is good for is verifying that somebody does actually exist, not that they are playing SL or even using the net. For that purpose, it works brilliantly. For verifying an SL account as belonging to a specific person, it's works miserably. This will not present any sort of barrier to the guilty, and requires a lot of personal information from the innocent.
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Send me the last 4 digits of a valid SSN, I'll verify you are who you say you are, even if you aren't.
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Ciaran Laval
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Join date: 11 Mar 2007
Posts: 7,951
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05-10-2007 11:48
From: Sys Slade
The entire verification system, no matter which way it is done, is inherently untrustable.
The only thing this system is good for is verifying that somebody does actually exist, not that they are playing SL or even using the net. For that purpose, it works brilliantly. For verifying an SL account as belonging to a specific person, it's works miserably.
Indeed, which is why giving such sensitive information to a third party is an extremely foolhardy solution. Information does not equal person, the whole age verification issue is being handled badly. |
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Oryx Tempel
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Join date: 8 Nov 2006
Posts: 7,663
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05-10-2007 12:14
Well I guess I won't be verifying. I'm not going to give out my SS number. Period. The only people who need it are the government and my financial institutions. My utility company doesn't need it. My phone company doesn't need it. My online game doesn't need it.
I'm an adult. The government knows I'm adult. I can vote, I can drink, and I can serve in my nation's military. I guess I can't go RP in an "adult zone"... too bad.
See you all OUTSIDE the ban lines.
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Musicteacher Rampal
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Join date: 20 Feb 2004
Posts: 824
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05-10-2007 12:16
From: Brenda Connolly Plus I don't know who well LL is equipped to offset the production and distribution costs Easy, the $$ they are making from selling $L should more than cover it! I think this is a great idea...AND it is the way most M rated online games operate! |