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Preferences: Privacy

Me → Preferences → Privacy has two smaller tabs: General and Discord.

General

Option What it does
Clear History Clears your search and teleport history, web browser data and the texture cache.
Show my profile info in Search results Lets people find your profile in Search. Needs you to be logged in.
Only friends and groups know I'm online Hides your online status from everyone else.
Switch off microphone when ending calls Turns your mic off automatically after a voice call.
Enable Selection Hints While you edit or touch something, your avatar points at it and a selection beam is drawn. Untick for no pointing and no beam.
Turn to face what I select Your avatar turns toward an object you select for editing. Untick to stay facing the same way.
Block list People and objects you have blocked.

Look At

"Look At" is where each avatar's camera is pointed. Viewers can show it as crosshairs.

Option What it does
Show others Look At targets Shows crosshairs where other people are looking. Name Style chooses whether, and how, their names are shown on the crosshairs.
Show a line from the Look At beacon to its owner Draws a line from each crosshair to the avatar, so you can tell whose it is.
Don't show me my Look At target Hides your own crosshair.
Don't send my Look At target to others Stops sharing where your camera is pointed.
Limit Look At Distance Your eyes and head still move, but beyond Max Distance your Look At points at nothing in particular.

Discord

Shows on your Discord profile that you're in Second Life, with as much detail as you choose. Off until you turn it on. See Discord status for every option and the privacy rules.