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Where Have You Been? S05E03 — Linden Lab Trust & Security Initiative

June 14, 2025   Programming

Some­thing impor­tant was released from Lin­den Lab in the last weeks of May, and it is some­thing that we at VCRa­dio feel strong­ly about, and these last weeks of June lead­ing up to, and includ­ing, the open­ing of SL22B are a per­fect time to high­light this. After all, it does not mat­ter how inter­est­ing a des­ti­na­tion is if you don’t exer­cise best prac­tices in cyber safe­ty, any­where on the grid is poten­tial­ly a threat.

We are refer­ring to the SecondLife.com blog entry from May 23rd enti­tled “Your Account, Your World, Keep it Safe.” VCRa­dio was invit­ed to a meet­ing with The Lab along with oth­er vlog­gers, blog­gers, and Sl Influ­encers where Lin­den Lab Exec­u­tive Chair­man Brad Ober­wa­ger explained the cir­cum­stances lead­ing up to this new ini­tia­tive and encour­aged that the word be spread to the res­i­dent com­mu­ni­ty — cyber secu­ri­ty is impor­tant, crit­i­cal­ly so, and if res­i­dents engage in a few best prac­tices, they can help con­tra­vene the efforts of peo­ple with ill intent, or as Ober­wa­ger called them “bad actors.”

We felt so strong­ly about it that we cre­at­ed a Pub­lic Ser­vice Announce­ment which now runs reg­u­lar­ly on VCRa­dio. Sec­ond Life is a com­mu­ni­ty: its strength and secu­ri­ty is a respon­si­bil­i­ty that we all share. Lin­den Lab has recent­ly expand­ed their Trust & Safe­ty team, ded­i­cat­ed to pro­tect­ing your accounts and inves­ti­gat­ing abuse more quick­ly and thor­ough­ly than ever before. Yet it’s impor­tant for res­i­dents to do their part and use good judge­ment, and maybe even a bit of cau­tion in order to keep them­selves, their Lin­den Dol­lars, and their per­son­al infor­ma­tion secure.

This episode of WYB dis­cuss­es online and in-world safe­ty and secu­ri­ty, includ­ing hints and tips to help you stay secure. We cov­er such top­ics as pass­words, mul­ti-fac­tor autho­riza­tion (MFA), keep­ing login details to your­self, and where it’s safe to buy or sell L$ — and more.

This show will air at noon and 4pm SLT/Pacific, on June 14, 18, 21, 25, 28, and July 2.

And as promised in the show, here are some use­ful links cov­er­ing online secu­ri­ty and relat­ed topics.

“Your Account, Your World, Keep it Safe” by Lin­den Lab
https://community.secondlife.com/news/featured-news/your-account-your-world-keep-it-safe-r11193/

“Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty Best Prac­tices” by CISA.gov
https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cybersecurity-best-practices

“Main­tain Good Cyber­se­cu­ri­ty Habits: by Mor­gan Stanley
https://www.morganstanley.com/articles/personal-cybersecurity

“Top 10 Secure Com­put­ing Tips” from the Uni­ver­si­ty of Cal­i­for­nia Berkeley
https://security.berkeley.edu/resources/best-practices-how-to-articles/top-10-secure-computing-tips

Images for this episode — Hand Print Logo of SL: Omid­yar — General

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