Privacy – Nalates’ Things & Stuff

Why is it even important… and why should I care? I’ll get to the why…

Recently the Dems and GOP have been fussing about what is or isn’t spying. It doesn’t take exceptional intelligence to figure which side has staked their position in the debate in the Land of Dumb… Is it spying or surveillance? That seems to be the crux of the debate.

SPY ∙ verb

work for a government or other organization by secretly collecting information about enemies or competitors.
observe (someone) furtively.
discern or make out, especially by careful observation.

SURVEILLANCE ∙ noun

close observation, especially of a suspected spy or criminal.

Is there really a difference? Is any difference enough to matter? If not, then what is at play?

The 6^th item of Canary’s list of anxieties is about privacy in Project Sansar^®. Will we have privacy in Sansar? A separation between our in-world persona and our RL identity?

For the list see: Are Second Life residents anxious about Project Sansar? For an answer on privacy read on.

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The answer to whether we will have privacy in Project Sansar^® is yes and no, at least from what has been revealed so far. It will be a bit like it is in Second Life™ but, different.

Sansar is going to have a slightly different account style. We have been told there will be a base account. We will need RL ID and financial information for the account, if we plan to move money and upload content. Government protections on money laundering and terrorist funds require the Lab have RL information for anyone receiving money. But, to jump into sansar and visit with a minimum of abilities it appears we will need to provide very little personal information.

Politics: Surveillance

Sansar Privacy Anxiety?

Privacy!?!