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A question for those who use DreamGrid: What kind of access do we grant the creator when using the program? I’m interested in starting my own grid but without compromising my personal information. Is that possible?
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Hi, I am the developer of Dreamgrid. There is no personal information shared except the IP for DYN DNS puposes as it won't work without IP. I also use the MAC address to help me make each grid unique. It is encrypted just like yiur viewer does. IP's, names and ports change over time, and it's essential to keep it working with no need for password or email registration. I also run one other optional grid-wide service that stores your grid name, URL, and anything you mark 'Show In Search" , Just like every opensim you visit does, but only if you enable "Publicity" checkbox. There is nothing i there that anyone visiting your grid would not see.
You do not need an email or registration for any Outworldz, LLC online services. You are totally anonymous to me.
There are no ads on my web site or any cookies. Outworldz never charges for services: everything I do is free, for about 20 years in SL and 16 , almost 17 in Opensim.
You can reach me at fred@outworldz.com, I do have a telephone and my companies employ close to 40 employees. Check out my other sites at https://mitsi.com (Thank you @Marianna Monentes for your fine work) and I also own https://lynxguide.com. I've been President and now CEO for 36 years. We make record setting, award-winning and really awesome high-tech stuff like space hardware and thermal weapon sights. Over a million people use our app on PCs and phones to protect their employees and customers. This my hobby, but I also love 3D design and software and 3D printing
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You do not need an email or registration for any Outworldz, LLC online services. You are totally anonymous to me.
There are no ads on my web site or any cookies. Outworldz never charges for services: everything I do is free, for about 20 years in SL and 16 , almost 17 in Opensim.
You can reach me at fred@outworldz.com, I do have a telephone and my companies employ close to 40 employees. Check out my other sites at https://mitsi.com (Thank you @Marianna Monentes for your fine work) and I also own https://lynxguide.com. I've been President and now CEO for 36 years. We make record setting, award-winning and really awesome high-tech stuff like space hardware and thermal weapon sights. Over a million people use our app on PCs and phones to protect their employees and customers. This my hobby, but I also love 3D design and software and 3D printing
Thanks, Fred. That answers exactly what I was trying to understand. My question wasn’t meant as an accusation or criticism of DreamGrid. Before starting a grid, I just wanted to know what information leaves my machine, what is used to keep the grid services working, and whether any personal registration information is required.
Knowing that the IP and encrypted MAC information are used for the technical purposes you explained, that no email or account registration is required, and that the additional grid information is only shared if Publicity is enabled clears up my concern.
I appreciate you taking the time to explain it in detail. This gives me a much better understanding of what DreamGrid accesses and what remains private.
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Knowing that the IP and encrypted MAC information are used for the technical purposes you explained, that no email or account registration is required, and that the additional grid information is only shared if Publicity is enabled clears up my concern.
I appreciate you taking the time to explain it in detail. This gives me a much better understanding of what DreamGrid accesses and what remains private.
Only the creator Ferd can tell about this. All other is just guessing around. At a "standard" Grid, using the official software, an admin can see way more than just the IP. Even a self hostet region owner (e.g. atached to OSG) can see all that. I just name the mac adress as example. There is way more
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DreamGrid does not ask for personal information to use the program, and simply using it does not give the creator access to your personal data. One thing to keep in mind, however, is that the IP address of the server hosting your grid will necessarily be public and reachable from the Internet, since regions and users need to connect to it. This does not, by itself, give anyone access to personal data stored on your server or computer. I am also a DreamGrid user, not the developer of DreamGrid, so I am sharing this based on my own experience.
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