Invisible mode

[Selaya]

Hello Dears,

a simple question, why can I not enable the /invisible mode/?
Is it possible to have it enabled?

<3, Sela

 

[Ralle]

It is not enabled.

 

[Pharaoh_]

It's not destined for the Users usergroup. I guess this is to encourage active participation via the online status. It could be unlocked as an "achievement" for Hive 2 though, but let's not go into that.

 

[Solu9]

Personally I like that invisibility mode is off. I have been on a forum where this mode was on and it annoyed me that I couldn't see if my friends were online or not.

 

[JCarrill0]

Personally I like that invisibility mode is off. I have been on a forum where this mode was on and it annoyed me that I couldn't see if my friends were online or not.

if they are your friends, you should have an alternate way to contact them or a different way to see if they are online (Ie: skype, Text, IM, etc)
I will look forward to this ability in THW 2

 

[Solu9]

if they are your friends, you should have an alternate way to contact them or a different way to see if they are online (Ie: skype, Text, IM, etc)
I will look forward to this ability in THW 2

Heh I don't have real life friends on the net besides facebook. Guess I'm the nerdy one in the flock ^^

 

[JCarrill0]

Heh I don't have real life friends on the net besides facebook. Guess I'm the nerdy one in the flock ^^

aww, well join in the skype group for active warcraft III play.

 

[Solu9]

aww, well join in the skype group for active warcraft III play.

Heh thanks for the offer but I don't actually play Warcraft that much. Anyway, let's not go off topic.

 

[Chaosy]

I don't get why anyone would want that.

1. you're not here, close the browser
2. you want to browse the forum but not post anything, just sign out
3. if you post something people will know that you're online anyway

 

[Selaya]

Obviously.

It`s still annoying to do so tho, and I`m simply asking whether it`s possible to have that mode enabled.
Not like it`s the end of the world, should my request be denied.

 

[Solu9]

Obviously.

It`s still annoying to do so tho, and I`m simply asking whether it`s possible to have that mode enabled.
Not like it`s the end of the world, should my request be denied.

You should ask yourself; "Why do I need to conceal myself?".

 

[Selaya]

You should ask yourself; "Why do I need to conceal myself?".

Edward Snowden.

 

[Solu9]

Edward Snowden.

Heh. Funny you bring that up. I was thinking, when writing my last post, if I should include the whole NSA affair.
I understand your concern. But you making yourself "invisible" to other Hivers doesn't change a thing.
If you really, really, care (again I understand if you do, trust me), then you should not even be a part of a community like this.

 

[Selaya]

Yes, I do perfectly understand that it doesn`t (really) help against stuff like the NSA; however, I`m still pretty confident that maximum privacy whereever you venture to is one of the most effective ways to tell them (NSA & co, that is) to fuck off.
Additionally, there are far more parties than the NSA doing datamining, and stuff like this will really fuck these over, because they don`t have the access the NSA does.

 

[Chaosy]

Do you post hush-hush-secrets here or what? Sorry if I sound rude but I find it kinda funny.

 

[Solu9]

Do you post hush-hush-secrets here or what? Sorry if I sound rude but I find it kinda funny.

Heh that's the typical argument of people speaking for surveillance (not saying you do however).
"If you have nothing to hide, why can't we eavesdrop on you?"

Anyway. This is about to go off topic.

 

[Ralle]

If this is about Edward Snowden your request should have been for me to bring SSL to the site. That way NSA cannot snoop on what you do on Hive. They CAN otherwise because they can intercept the traffic.

 

[Selaya]

If this is about Edward Snowden your request should have been for me to bring SSL to the site. That way NSA cannot snoop on what you do on Hive. They CAN otherwise because they can intercept the traffic.

SSL doesn`t help per se, there are way too many insecure methods flying around (unfortunately, the NSA did a pretty well job here with their backdoors), but you might have some success with one of the more secure variants.
Anyways, this would accomplish nothing because the metadata will tell them everything they`ll need to know.

Ontopic:
The NSA argument was just the extreme; I`d like to have an invisibility mode nonetheless. I like privacy.

<3, Sela

 

[Rheiko]

Nah, i can tell whether you're online or not in invisible mode.

 

[fladdermasken]

If we implement this can we implement conduit mode too so I can fire lightning bolts?

No particular correlation, just awesome.

 

[Dr Super Good]

I do not think such privacy is a major concern with this site. This is not some social network, people do not try and talk to you just because you are online or active. How many people here have actively checked the online status of people on this site?