Comments on: Anonymity in Second Life? For what it’s worth.

By: Just how did he get the bed?! | VintFalken.com

Just how did he get the bed?! | VintFalken.com — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 10:25:36 +0000

[…] Using subpoena’s Kevin Alderman’s lawyers were able to obtain IP data for Volker Catteneo. By now they found out how they ‘doubled’ the SexGen beds by crashing a sim to cause […]

By: Kailie Quinn (Katarina Malthus)

Kailie Quinn (Katarina Malthus) — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 05:05:50 +0000

And whom do you think I’m referring to? Maybe key on the operative word, ‘average user.’ The people who are getting caught are certainly not top level crackers and security experts. These are not the people sitting on message boards spamming bs that could potentially get you in legal trouble.

Perhaps you should read my comments before decrying their validity.

By: loki

loki — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 23:49:05 +0000

@Kailie/Katharina: I’m sorry this is utter BS. All they can catch is unknowing users doing stuff from their own pc because they don’t know any better. If you really want to do malicious stuff and you have half a clue … pick your vic … plenty around…
As usual small fish get caught, big sharks swim free …

By: Kailie Quinn (Katarina Malthus)

Kailie Quinn (Katarina Malthus) — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:15:59 +0000

As for the blog post, I have to say, I’ve known for years what it means to not be annonymous, I’ve had federal security clearance for projects I’ve worked on, I’ve seen footprints of snooping, and I have to say ,if you aren’t doing anything you need to hide, you have nothing to be afraid of. (If the fbi wants at my porn collection, I’ll beamfile it to them)

People need to realise that this is very much the real world. Just because the internet provides a small cloak of annonymity from the average user does not make you anywhere near annonymous. This supposed annonymity emboldens people to perform actions they otherwise wouldn’t. Regardless of the specifics, rights/wrongs and legality of the issue at hand, you should know that if you are connected to the internet you are not annonymous.

All you need in most cases to get someone’s identity is an ip address and a timestamp. The ISPs have been required for years to give immediate and full disclosure in the US of people’s private information. It may seem a bit nazi-ish, but the kind of rampant vigilanti-ism, and illegal acts inspired by a percieved invisible wall between the common internet user and the real legal world has been a problem for years.

By: Veyron Supercharge

Veyron Supercharge — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:35:42 +0000

Generally in the US legal system, a plaintiff files a John Doe (anonymous) lawsuit against someone. Then a judge decides if that person’s identity needs to be discovered, then they can grant a subpoena. Linden Labs was probably presented with a valid one. The anonymous person can then be (anonymous, except of course to their own lawyer) try to quash the subpoena themselves.

It of course gets tricky. The RIAA cases are the best example of this sort of activity. LL is actually more likely to side with Stroker (the plaintiff) and the defendant, who sounds like in the court of opinion has been a naughty boy….

By: Dalien Talbot

Dalien Talbot — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 22:11:22 +0000

I would have been very surprised if LL did *not* comply.

The only secret information is the one in the head of the person who did not say it, the rest can be assumed to be known more than just by the intended recipients, with bigger or smaller probability.

By: dandellion Kimban

dandellion Kimban — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:48:45 +0000

It sounds that way to me. But, I am better in reading typonese than lawspeak. So, it might be that, once again, I am reading what sounds logical to me not what is written.