Posts made by Auspice

@Sunny said in Buying Shit:

@Auspice

I have never seen anything so beautiful in my entire life. Thank you.

A family member just advised me, "don't die" because I laughed so hard.

@hedgehog
Wildlife - Stand in the Water

Tis the season

and I know y'all want a unicorn shower head.

@hedgehog
Andy Grammer - Honey, I'm Good

@Otrere
Moreland & Arbuckle - Everybody Wants to Rule the World

@Roz said in Y2K:

Why do people think the Y2K issues weren't real? The reason we didn't see anything seriously fuck up is because of how much work people did to prepare and update systems so they didn't break.

@faraday said in Privacy in gaming:

I put together a general privacy article for Ares games if anyone's interested. (Feel free to send me any comments on things I've missed, explained poorly, etc.)

In the next patch it'll be available on the games themselves in 'help privacy'.

stop being so proactive and making the rest of us lazy bastards look bad.

@L-B-Heuschkel I'd say 90% of my private scenes on Ares games are 'we're gonna take at least two days to finish this 'cause RL so we may as well private it'

All I can say about most recent episode of The Good Place:

@Arkandel said in Privacy in gaming:

@Auspice said in Privacy in gaming:

@Arkandel said in Privacy in gaming:

@Auspice said in Privacy in gaming:

Just like what I am posting, right now, is going to an unsecured site.

Would I be furious if Arkandel used it for nefarious purposes? Yes, of course I would. But I'm not waltzing in expecting the forum equivalent of Fort Knox and that is what I think people need to stop doing.

Hey now, you are posting stuff to a regularly updated platform running on a regularly updated Linux system hosted by a reputable company, and you're doing so over an encrypted https connection. While it's true MSB is no Fort Knox, we're not exactly trivial to breach either.

Conversely there's only one way for me to provide your data and that's if the police produce a warrant demanding something specific. In Canada laws are fairly sane in that regard so the chance is low. No other requests are going to be honored.

Also although I obviously can't prove it and you shouldn't take my word for it, I'd never pry into the database for your people's disgusting private conversations with each other. I don't want to have to bleach my eyeballs afterwards.

It's still unsecure in the sense that, save for a few sections, anyone can read what we're saying without having an account. Someone could use a crawler to grab an archive of the entire forum if they wanted with minimal difficulty. Would it include PMs? No.

There's still a level of insecurity.

Oh I see what you mean. I guess I don't consider posting on public forums something that needs to be protected, much in the way scenes in non-private rooms on the grid should be fine to share without asking permission.

I don't either (re: public scenes are loggable, etc), but I've met enough people over the years who have an expectation of asking permission regardless of scene location that I know it's not the standard.

@Arkandel said in Privacy in gaming:

@Auspice said in Privacy in gaming:

Just like what I am posting, right now, is going to an unsecured site.

Would I be furious if Arkandel used it for nefarious purposes? Yes, of course I would. But I'm not waltzing in expecting the forum equivalent of Fort Knox and that is what I think people need to stop doing.

Hey now, you are posting stuff to a regularly updated platform running on a regularly updated Linux system hosted by a reputable company, and you're doing so over an encrypted https connection. While it's true MSB is no Fort Knox, we're not exactly trivial to breach either.

Conversely there's only one way for me to provide your data and that's if the police produce a warrant demanding something specific. In Canada laws are fairly sane in that regard so the chance is low. No other requests are going to be honored.

Also although I obviously can't prove it and you shouldn't take my word for it, I'd never pry into the database for your people's disgusting private conversations with each other. I don't want to have to bleach my eyeballs afterwards.

It's still unsecure in the sense that, save for a few sections, anyone can read what we're saying without having an account. Someone could use a crawler to grab an archive of the entire forum if they wanted with minimal difficulty. Would it include PMs? No.

There's still a level of insecurity.

But, the fact is: I do trust you not to share any of the more secure stuff (like email addresses, IP addresses, and so on) which is why I'm totally fine being here.

@faraday said in Privacy in gaming:

@Thenomain said in Privacy in gaming:

If I leave my house unlocked, you are still trespassing if you enter it uninvited.

I think this is the wrong analogy for a MU.

It's more like... If you come into my house for a party and I have a security system.

Is it unethical for me to monitor my home? Of course not. The ethics are around how you gather and use that footage.

Creeping on people in the bathroom? Eeew. Clearly awful.

Reviewing the footage from a particular night to verify Jane's tale when she claims that John assaulted her? I think that's perfectly valid.

Combing through footage of guests at a party and eavesdropping on conversations they presumed were private? That's just a jerk thing to do, even if it is your house.

I do like this analogy much more.

Primarily because if someone commits a crime on your game (such as sharing underage pornography), you could be investigated as well because your game/server were utilized. Are you likely to be convicted? No. But it's still not going to be a fun time. So I'd like a level of awareness into what is going on and the ability to go 'Wait, you're telling me you have cause to believe SoandSo is engaged in wrongdoing? OK, thank you for telling me: I'll keep an eye on things.'

@Thenomain said in Privacy in gaming:

@Auspice

You are literally agreeing with me.

which is fine! But it looked like you were trying to call me out as being wrong and I wanted to clarify that hey, I was never once trying to say 'WELP. IT'S UNSECURE SO DEAL.' but instead 'it's unsecure so keep that in mind.'

@Thenomain said in Privacy in gaming:

@Auspice said in Privacy in gaming:

You are literally sending data over an unprotected means of communication.

If I leave my house unlocked, you are still trespassing if you enter it uninvited.

The technicalities of this are only part of the equation; the other part is expectation.

Honestly, the argument on whether or not players should expect some privacy has made me sick. The answer is not “you are on an unprotected server therefore you should expect none”, the answer is, “I have no interest in the work involved in protecting you from privacy violations, so expect that there are none.”

There’s a reason we don’t allow cameras in bathrooms in ... well, not in Ohio, and I’m hoping that’s everywhere else. Technically there’s nothing stopping people. Hell, the wall between urinals is barely enough to keep someone from staring.

We punish people who do things that are technically possible all the time. The idea that “it’s possible therefore it’s allowed” is what makes me angry.

There are many other reasons to not expect privacy on a Mu*, but “because we can” isn’t one of them.

That isn't even the point I was making.

The issue is that often, when this comes up (something something someone finds out that data is being or can be recorded), there's an outcry of 'oh my god why was this allowed?!' and it comes down to:
this is data being sent over an unsecured connection.

Just like what I am posting, right now, is going to an unsecured site.

Would I be furious if Arkandel used it for nefarious purposes? Yes, of course I would. But I'm not waltzing in expecting the forum equivalent of Fort Knox and that is what I think people need to stop doing. They need to stop going on games assuming that just because they go 'p name=hey baby lemme show you my dick' it is somehow 'OMG HOW DID STAFF GO AND FIND EVIDENCE I HARASSED THAT PERSON'

(see how it can be used sometimes in your favor, too???)

No, I am not saying 'because it's unsecure OH WELL DEAL WITH IT IF SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS'
My point is: there is something to be done on both ends of the equation.

Don't log onto a game expecting everything to be 100% secure (don't give out personal details on a game, leave a game if you find out staff is hella shady). If you run a game, consider a mission statement in which you promise players some level of privacy (we won't drill a peeping hole into your TS spaces, we won't check any server data/logs/flip on SUSPECT flags unless absolutely necessary).

Also, another point: in part, your privacy is on you.

Not in the scenario of 'is an admin reading my scenes?' If they are that's on them.

But in regards to, say,'Can someone Google my name and find me?''Does my social media give away too much?'
These are the considerations that often lead to privacy concerns.

I've known people who think just because they don't have a Facebook, they can't be found. But they didn't pay close enough attention when, say, registering to vote and allowed their district to make their data public record so now all someone needs to do is throw their name in Google and: oh hey I have your name, address, phone number, political party..........

To me it's a scale of importance. You can't find me on Google (without presumably already knowing a good deal about me), but if someone thinks my RP is good enough to snoop? Whatev.

You are literally sending data over an unprotected means of communication.

If you are so hyper concerned about omg my text sex might be read by someone.........why are you even posting here? This isn't ultra secure communication.

Even WhatsApp has been proven to not be as secure as they claim.

The deal is: any MU out there can slap a flag on you and start monitoring everything you say or do.
Any server admin can start recording everything on a game.

You have to realize no matter what game you're on, the potential is there.

You just need to be gaming places where the staff has the integrity not to abuse aforementioned potential.

I've left games because I realize (or have it proven) that I can't trust staff not to be abusive in their power. But by and far, I realize most staff has far more important and better things to do with their time than to watch me TS.

.....and if they are watching me TS? I hope I'm entertaining at least.

@hedgehog
Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction

@Seamus Lol okay I thought maybe but I was also like I AM really sick and playing a functional person on TV today so maybe I just missed something

@Seamus
okay I'm sick today so fuzzy headed but what word did you use

@Seamus
Old Dominion - One Man Band