DISQUS

Mathew's comments: Theft and virtual worlds

  • Eric Rice · 1 year ago
    A good book to read is "Halting State"... that said, what's the difference between finding a way to instantly steal my mana in Warcraft vs. stealing source code from Blizzard Entertainment? Hack some virtual stuff on the Xbox and I think Microsoft will be calling.

    The only issue I have with stories like these is that it's cuter to report the 'omg he stole my virtual bunny slippers!!1!' than the fact that virtual places (read: game worlds) are part of a multi-billion dollar industry that requires strong security.

    Hack it enough, people won't pay to play, and that usually affects this: http://finance.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=N...
  • mathewi · 1 year ago
    Good point, Eric.