[Opensim-users] OpenSimulator event recording module

[Marcus Llewellyn]

It occurred to me that for those who just want to collect data for
analysis, some way to anonymize what's recorded could be beneficial. If
OpenSim makes use of a session ID or something, that could be used in place
of user names, perhaps.
On Jul 9, 2014 11:48 PM, "Dahlia Trimble" <dahliatrimble at gmail.com> wrote:

> Personally I'm not a big fan of tapping into user's instant messages. I'd
> hope that those considering using such a module would respect their users'
> expectation of privacy. However if you do choose to use such a module, it
> may be beneficial to make sure you will be operating within any wiretapping
> laws that may apply before doing so.
>
> I'm hopeful that OpenSimulator can flourish as a platform where users'
> rights are respected.
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 4:39 PM, Justin Clark-Casey <
> jjustincc at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi folks.  I just thought that I would post about an event recording
>> module [1] that I recently wrote as part of some recent work with the Air
>> Force Research Laboratory/Wright Brothers Institute Discovery Lab [2].
>>
>> This works at the simulator level and can record user logins, logouts,
>> region entrance, chat and IM to either the OpenSim log or a MySQL database
>> for later analysis.  It's a bit panopticon, but in the past people have
>> asked for this kind of functionality for various reasons (e.g. to know who
>> has been on the grid, to study communications in training/game scenarios as
>> part of research projects, etc.).
>>
>> It's OpenSimulator 0.8 and onwards only since that allowed me to use some
>> handy .NET 4 structures to make sure that event recording doesn't adverse
>> impact other parts of the simulator.  Also, it currently needs to be
>> compiled from source
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/justincc/EventRecordingModule
>> [2] http://wbi-icc.com/centers-services/discovery-lab
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> --
>> Justin Clark-Casey (justincc)
>> OSVW Consulting
>> http://justincc.org
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