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The Metaverses most advanced radar. This radar tells you if it is an NPC or a real person. It also shows their IP ADDRESS and their name & distance away from you. It's click on & off and only the owner can see that. :) It's at cyberdatastorm.com:8002:Welcome
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Cyber, I always know when you have made something stellar because someone starts crying about it. ;)
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Note: Do keep in mind that while I could easily make one that get's anybody's IP anywhere, and that works in no script zones, I choose NOT to do that, as I consider it an invasion of privacy. However, this does work on the grid owners land, but your IP is already in the console the moment you land. It is necessary for that to be the case, b/c that is how opensimulator works. In fact, every website on the web MUST know your IP in order to know where to send back the web page information to that you are browsing. It's the way the whole internet works.
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most people here are too ignorant to realize that. They punish you for saying just what is so. It's ridiculous.
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Honestly, why the need to collect people's IP addresses? What exactly are you up to Cyber? Lately you seem more interested in griefing tools than being helpful. So disappointed.
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contraire mon frere! This is an ANTI-greifing tool. Now if someone comes to your sim named mark, and mark makes you mad and you ban him, and he comes back as bill, and you see it's the same exact IP, you can ban bill along with Mark. Do keep in mind this information is ALREADY AVAILABLE in the console. This radar just makes it so you can see it instantly without having to switch over to the console. Also keep in mind that the function that does this is no special coding trick at all. It's a standard LSL function built into the LSL programming language. The reason the designers of opensimulator included this function in the code is to PREVENT greifers from constantly returning and harassing the sim owner.
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I believe you mean "Ma sœur" and you kind of proved my point. Yes, the address is already available in the console. Yes, I can look up anyone's IP when they listen to me DJ, but I don't. I have no need. Yes, it can be a standard LSL function. No, there is no reason make something that deliberately scrapes them up and displays them for you. :P
Using you analogy, If I ban Mark and he comes back as Bill and does nothing, then what do I care? If Bill is a problem, I ban Bill. Differant philosophies I guess.
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Using you analogy, If I ban Mark and he comes back as Bill and does nothing, then what do I care? If Bill is a problem, I ban Bill. Differant philosophies I guess.
Sometimes people don't play fair. If you ban Mark, and he is mad, and comes back as bill, sometimes he won't attack you. Instead Bill will start small problems with several of your friends. Maybe spreading little lies, that eventually avalanche into a death trap. If Bill is smart & evil, He may use many nefarious techniques to bring your grid crashing down around you. Yes. There are people like that. It's unfortunate. But in many cases people who can program can do things and you won't even know it is them doing it. It's sad they use their IQ for evil stuff like this, but they do. It's how they get their kicks. My approach is to nip-it-in-the-bud. Your approach is to let it fester, and hope they are not an evil hacker type who gets their kicks being 'smarter-than-the-grid-owner'. To each their own. Sometimes they even use social engineering. Example: Bill comes back as David and picks on your friend Sara. Then comes back as Sam and picks on your friend Sara again. Then comes back as Jeff and picks on Sara again. Sara is constantly complaining to you, and from your perspective it begins to look like Sara is the problem. But that is what Bill wants you to think. Bill can also play the Let's You and Him fight game. Maybe Bill decides you are too intuitive, so Bill starts fights between Sara and your other friend John. See what I mean?
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Honest? No. I deal with each avitar as each avitar. I got about halfway through that paragraph, got bored about when Sara showed up, and went and made Ice coffee. You are certainly brilliant and a great creator. (and you pack a mean thong) I just think your talents are better spent. So we will justagree to disagree =)
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It really is a great tool for welcoming new people! Always a pleasure to help you out Lone! I highly respect your expert opinion and your knowledge. Hugs my friend!
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just a hint, i wouldnt rely on osfunctions not enabled by default and getting the ip address of an agent may not work on other peoples regions or grids, please keep this in mind =)
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You are absolutely right Alexa. But I knew this when I designed it. It is to help you greet people, or defend YOUR land from greifers. It will not work on other peoples lands. :)
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Nice radar! Sorry that people can't appreciate the use of scripting tools readily available to them, let alone the idea of using a VPN if their IP address is so sacred.
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You are correct. If you have a greifer that is using a vpn to return to your sim, then this will not tell you that. The only way to tell is to look at their CMAC address in the console and ban the CMAC address.
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Very flawed logic. Making someone's IP public for no other reason than to do it is stupid and reckless, for numerous reasons. And yes, many can use a VPN and if you use the internet at all, you should use one, but the idea that Bob needs to go out and geta VPN just to enjoy OS because Joe Blow is collecting IP addresses is an unnecessary burden on Bob.
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Well you are not making it public though are you? The radar only tells it to the sim owner. Which the sim owner can already see it by looking in the console. This just makes it so you don't have to keep switching over to the console every time somebody new teleports in, especially handy if you have a greifer.
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My logic is completely sound. The point is that the function to retrieve an IP address is not hacking, it's not malicious, it's simply a part of SL/OS. If you don't like your IP being visible, get a VPN. Otherwise, I can see your IP, both from an LSL scripting standpoint, as well as in the server logs. It's not difficult to understand, but apparently difficult to comprehend for some.
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It is not difficult to comprehend, but you are arguing apples when I am speaking of oranges. When I DJ, I can very easily look at my logs and see the IP and location of every person that listened, but I don't. Why would I? There is NOTHING that is "simply a part of SL/OS" that would require me to look at them. And yes, it is part of LSL scripting in some instances. Both our examples are just processes that collect an IP as part of the process to do something else. That is very different than building something designed SPECIFICALLY to collect them. Just because it is easy, does not always mean you SHOULD. (And as mentioned already, VPN's don't always work and are not always an option.)
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The let's give a real example of why you WOULD want someone's IP address. If some asshat on here decides to drop into my SIM and proceeds to wreak havock, cause drama, spam me with messages, etc., I can now ban their IP address from accessing my server. Without it, I'm banning alts all day and night. And, to keep this discussion clear, this doesn't "collect" IP addresses, it displays them.
It seems to me the issue here is that everyone wants to point fingers, cry witch, and never consider that the consequences of their actions. A select few who WANT to use this to grief, quite simply and frankly, will do whatever the hell they want with the information to achieve their end goal. If you think this radar attachment is the only time your IP is being displayed publicly in SL, by all means, continue to live in your little bubble, but to accuse the creator of a scripted gadget as perpetuating, endorsing, or otherwise intending to affect the general hypergrid traveler in some way is just a sad cry for attention.
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It seems to me the issue here is that everyone wants to point fingers, cry witch, and never consider that the consequences of their actions. A select few who WANT to use this to grief, quite simply and frankly, will do whatever the hell they want with the information to achieve their end goal. If you think this radar attachment is the only time your IP is being displayed publicly in SL, by all means, continue to live in your little bubble, but to accuse the creator of a scripted gadget as perpetuating, endorsing, or otherwise intending to affect the general hypergrid traveler in some way is just a sad cry for attention.
I'm sorry to hear that! VPNs can be finicky, especially if you have any type of networking modifications made to your router. If you're hosting a SIM and can't connect with a VPN, it's likely the VPN doesn't allow port forwarding. I use a paid version of Proton most of the time, or Mullvad if I'm not at home, both of which I recommend you give a shot if you've had negative experiences with your past VPN provider.
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