Yet another Second Life blog...

Sparrow Industries in Second Life.  It had been a while since I've heard of that company.  Heck I had to actually go through some notes to find out where I had heard the name before. They used to be in the alt detection device business.  Back when GreenZone was really fired up and headbutting RedZone in an all out fight there were several companies that were discovered doing this.  All using the same media exploit as RedZone.  Now to Sparrow Industries credit they pulled the alt detection drones off the market rather quickly.  Both from the marketplace and from their inworld store.  They also did this before Linden Labs dropped the hammer... which means that the already purchased drones would still theoretically work.  There was never any mention from them about getting rid of any database they may have built up. Since then the media exploit has a pretty good plug in it.  You have to okay any streams through or attempting to connect to it...

JLU claims another victim... er I mean victory. Well they see victims as victories so it all works out. This time they are claiming to have been behind the deletion of a popular steampunk sim because they detected 'griefer alts' there. One of which belonging to a person who doesn't even log into SL anymore. So yes the delusion crew who see ghosts behind every prim are still in operation getting you banned for your protection. Read the article on the Alphaville Herald Why the hell does anybody trust this group of spandex clad sociopaths is beyond me. Oh and please note they are also claiming to have detected these alts. Which means they must still be running some sort of alt detection system which is supposed to be against Linden Lab rules.

Hey look I'm still here. Well it appears that Forceme Silverspar (love or hate her... personally I love her) has come across another sim where people are calling out alts and claiming to be logging IPs. You can find her blog article on it here: IP logging @Austin Story of O Which means there is probably a new system out there to track alts. Also using such a thing at a BDSM sim is pretty low, like a honey trap waiting to happen. The BDSM community usually prides itself on giving people privacy and respect of others. Guess these people don't hold themselves up to those standards. Yeah... looks like it may be time to brush the dust off the ole' GreenZone badge again.

You all may want to go read the latest post on Treminari's blog. It demonstrates on how Voodoo is collecting information on you without you hitting the 'accept' button. Just click on a sploder and you're in the system. HERE IS THE LINK TO THE POST Add to this the mention on the SLU thread that one of the voodoo managers told somebody how many alts where connected to their IP and you get the idea. That of course goes against the claims that it collects and then dumps the info shortly there after. Monkey Wonder does seem to like to lie about what his product does.

Monkey Wonder - the maker of voodoo products in Second Life, has decided to start threatening the Green Zone group even more. This is the notecard we all received yesterday. Dear Greenzone griefing group member, Following mass defamation, griefing, propoganda, scamming and false abuse reports initiated by members of Greenzone griefing group recently on a scale never before seen in SL, Voodoo has taken the decision to protect our customers and other residents of Second Life from your activities. Greenzone once had a legitimate purpose in Second Life, protecting the privacy of residents from systems such as Red Zone. Red Zone is long gone, and Greenzone now operates more like the Anonymous hacking collective. The moderators have lost control, and the group is now a leaderless organisation that anyone with a grudge can join to attack others in the name of Greenzone. Voodoo produces an extremely popular free Sploder tracking HUD which is owned by thousands and used everyday by ma...

Well apparently people are still pretty interested in detecting alts in second life. One of the most common search terms that sends people to my blog here is 'Second Life alt detection' or some variation thereof. Mostly leading back to some of the old RedZone and JLU posts. Even since I hardly even post here anymore I still get a pretty steady flow of traffic based just off that search criteria. Of course with this much interest that means there is money to be made. Which, of course, there are plenty of people out there trying to find new means of linking avatars to each other. So be aware and watch out. Also if anybody does find any supposed alt detectors out there please drop me a note about it at potosiabonwood@gmail.com or just a comment on this post if you want. I will be sure to pass it onto Linden Labs, Green Zone, SLUniverse and make any information about who is doing it as public as possible. Best way to stop the detectors is by calling out those who make ...