[Opensim-users] OpenSimulator event recording module

[Sarge Misfit]

I hope that anyone collecting data for analysis does so with the full and
open disclosure that such a thing is being done. If they don't engage in
such disclosure, they risk a terrible backlash once discovered.


On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 9:58 PM, Marcus Llewellyn <marcus.llewellyn at gmail.com
> wrote:

> 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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