Difference between revisions of "Linden Lab Official talk:Technical overview of Second Life security"
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"Text chat and voice chat are not currently encrypted; see the next section, Private spaces in Second Life, for information on how to secure a private location from unwanted listeners." | "Text chat and voice chat are not currently encrypted; see the next section, Private spaces in Second Life, for information on how to secure a private location from unwanted listeners." should be changed to: | ||
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"Text chat and voice chat are not currently encrypted; see the next section, Private spaces in Second Life, for information on how to secure a private location from unwanted listeners within the game. This will not protect you against your ISP or other entities that can monitor your network connection." | "Text chat and voice chat are not currently encrypted; see the next section, Private spaces in Second Life, for information on how to secure a private location from unwanted listeners within the game. This will not protect you against your ISP or other entities that can monitor your network connection." | ||
I think this is an important distinction. To mention private spaces right after mentioning encryption without pointing out that they solve completely different problems, could really mislead users with a false sense of security. | I think this is an important distinction. To mention private spaces right after mentioning encryption without pointing out that they solve completely different problems, could really mislead users with a false sense of security. | ||
[[User:Marissa Mistwallow|Marissa Mistwallow]] 21:13, 7 April 2014 (PDT) | [[User:Marissa Mistwallow|Marissa Mistwallow]] 21:13, 7 April 2014 (PDT) | ||
Latest revision as of 21:14, 7 April 2014
"Text chat and voice chat are not currently encrypted; see the next section, Private spaces in Second Life, for information on how to secure a private location from unwanted listeners." should be changed to:
"Text chat and voice chat are not currently encrypted; see the next section, Private spaces in Second Life, for information on how to secure a private location from unwanted listeners within the game. This will not protect you against your ISP or other entities that can monitor your network connection."
I think this is an important distinction. To mention private spaces right after mentioning encryption without pointing out that they solve completely different problems, could really mislead users with a false sense of security. Marissa Mistwallow 21:13, 7 April 2014 (PDT)