[Opensim-users] Abuse protection, especially children

[James Stallings II]

The original poster is either woefully naive or is pushing trollbait. Apache
can be used to produce websites that exploit children (or anyone else for
that matter), yet I dont see people approaching the makers of apache
software and asking them what they are doing to protect children.

This is a classic case of someone trying to make a machine and software
responible for that which they should undertake responsibility for
themselves; or, as suggested initially, just trollbait.



On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Jonathan Greenlee <
jonathangreenlee at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> The ONLY appropriate approach is that Children are NEVER allowed in virtual
> worlds.
> Afterall, the Internet is intended for ADULTS ONLY, meaning "well-behaved
> and serious and knowledge oriented" rather than "sex or violence oriented".
>
> --- On Wed, 7/8/09, Mark Dubin <mark at 3demb.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Mark Dubin <mark at 3demb.com>
> > Subject: [Opensim-users] Abuse protection, especially children
> > To: opensim-users at lists.berlios.de
> > Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 1:57 PM
> > This is more a philosophical
> > question, than technical, but there may
> > be technical approaches to it. A public OpenSim grid allows
> > access to
> > people of any age, adult or child. Then, the availability
> > of both
> > chat and IM makes the site the equivalent of a public
> > chat-room with
> > a private back-channel. This presents a situation in which
> > adult
> > predators can approach children, with the attendant
> > dangers. How can
> > this concern be approached? Any kind of "public" OpenSim is
> > prone to
> > this issue, which will thus need a long-term, broad-based
> > approach. A
> > specific example could be a museum.
> >
> > A significant advantage of having a public museum on an
> > OpenSim grid,
> > open to all, is that museums typically are valuable
> > learning assets
> > for children. Allowing chat/IM enhances the experience by
> > fostering
> > sharing of insights and questions. Thus, totally blocking
> > chat and/or
> > IM limits the value of the site. Another approach could be
> > to require
> > prior approval for each avatar that has access to the site.
> > However,
> > this is impractical in terms of resources needed to
> > accomplish it
> > (and difficulty in proving the nature of the requester),
> > except in
> > very limited (essentially non-public) situations.
> > Monitoring of all
> > the communication on a site is not practical (or even
> > possible).
> > Further, attempts by the site owner to monitor or otherwise
> > provide
> > security can leave one open to litigation.
> >
> > A typical, hands-off approach is to provide warnings and do
> > nothing
> > more. In the case of children, parents should know what
> > their kids
> > are doing and teach them safe internet practices. It is
> > essentially
> > analogous to going to a real, bricks-and-mortar museum, or
> > store, or
> > public place. Realistically, this may be the best that can
> > be done.
> > Or is it? I am interested in hearing ideas from others,
> > either via
> > this list or by e-mail to me at <mark at 3demb.com>.
> > If there is
> > significant e-mail exchange, I will summarize and post that
> > summary
> > here.
> >
> > Thanks, Mark
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