Comments on: Virtual-Furniture Teen Thievery Ring Nabbed on Habbo

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By: Pedro Meya Marty - Agentur für Virtuelle Welten wie Second Life » Blog Archive » Vorsicht vor virtuellen Dieben im Habbo-Hotel…

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 10:09:34 +0000

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By: Lyle

Lyle — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 05:07:50 +0000

Throw those thieving bastards in pretend jail and throw away the pretend key! Let ‘em bitrot there.

By: John

John — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:45:15 +0000

It would of been nice to sit on this till April 1st.
I would’ve never believed it.

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By: Ree Tanjuatco

Ree Tanjuatco — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:12:54 +0000

One of the most stupidest things I’ve ever read here at TC

By: annonymous coward

annonymous coward — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:07:03 +0000

wat morons?? I mean users who pay $$$ for virtual furniture. i wish i had that kind of money to burn.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:41:03 +0000

Stealing personal data in digital form?
You think credit card thieves are doing something else?
Those ‘unknown’ stupids sending you phishing e-mails to confirm your personal data in Community Mutual Fun Bank or whatever, located in Henkipu Kanzas? How about them? How is it different?

By: Advice Network

Advice Network — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:38:16 +0000

Apparently, they got the furniture by setting up fake Habbo sites and stealing passwords. So, as silly as it sounds on the surface, it is a real crime what they did.

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:05:17 +0000

Wow. A crime that didn’t exist 10 years ago.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:45:22 +0000

@steveballme

Stealing passwords is a crime, using them to change other person’s data (positions of objects in this case) in the service is a crime. Same as with any other service.

By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:40:52 +0000

@Scott

People are creating gorgeous and outright beautiful environments in SL (not only houses - whole areas, forsests, parks etc.etc.) but that wasn’t my point. You can demonstrate your art and skills to people in 3D (and make wonderful pics from any angle), which is much more impressive than just pics on a web-site, belive me. Don’t hesitate. It’s the future of what you are doing professionaly.

By: steveballme

steveballme — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:18:06 +0000

But is this really a crime?

http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

By: cynic

cynic — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:11:52 +0000

virtual anything is f’ing stupid. go outside, see the sun.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:50:16 +0000

Alex, I think your right. I’ve never been to SL, but people probabily want to create landscaping for their virtual houses (just in case their furniture gets stolen).

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:45:45 +0000

@ChandraB - I couldnt agree more.

By: Praveen

Praveen — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:38:20 +0000

Clearly this is a regulation issue. Not sure if the govt should handle these kind of cases. It will be waste of tax payers money.

What is not acceptable in actual world is perfectly acceptable in virtual world for ex: killing each other. What happens if tomorrow a person complains to police that he was killed in WoW? What happens tomorrow if some one creates a game where users are supposed to steal from one another. Would stealing still constitute a crime?

I believe Govt instead of making arrests, should ask game company to revert it back. It should be a civil office at the most.

By: ChandraB

ChandraB — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:31:59 +0000

How long before we have virtual insurance to over our virtual assets? You know in case of fire, damage or theft?

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:13:02 +0000

P.S. Contact our CEO ( ‘Share Holder’ in SL) if you’d like us to help you.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:08:41 +0000

I would say that you probably could make serius money in SL and other VWs, Scott. There’s a TREMENDOUS demand in good landscaping services there. You can get rich if you do it in a smart way (promoting your RL services through presence in VW). I’m not kidding.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:51:29 +0000

I bet the Habbo Hotel marketing department is loving this publicity. In fairness, I think they should share the bump in revenue with the “thieves.” Personally, I wouldn’t mind it if someone found a clever way to attract attention to my website as well. Bring it on!

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:30:14 +0000

@10
Yeah! They (http://www.sulake.com/) are making far more money and impact (80 mil people, please compare with Bigbrotherbook.com ) than 90% of ’start-ups’/’smart-hypes’ discussed here. And the gap will continue growing.

P.S. v-jail is a good idea, shall remember.

By: ChandraB

ChandraB — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:22:02 +0000

I’m not sure what I am finding more unbelievable - the fact that someone stole virtual furniture and got arrested for itor the fact some idiots paid $5600 real cash for virtual furniture.

By: Permeate

Permeate — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:18:37 +0000

All you Second Life fools need to get a First Life.