Man sues after real estate transaction in Second Life

soopa · 2006-05-19 14:39:39

This might belong in Home & Garden :D http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,70909-0.html?tw=wn_index_1

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May 19, 2006 | 09:39 AM

soopa

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Man sues after real estate transaction in Second Life

This might belong in Home & Garden

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,...?tw=wn_index_1

May 19, 2006 | 10:31 AM

JJ4Short

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Man this virtual land stuff is getting crazy

Anyone here play this game?

May 19, 2006 | 10:41 AM

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I wonder when we'll see people getting killed over this stuff.

May 19, 2006 | 10:44 AM

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May 19, 2006 | 11:20 AM

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So did he exploit a flaw in their programming by changing something normal like a name input or did he actually hack in and change the code to exploit it?

May 22, 2006 | 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by JimmyCarter

So did he exploit a flaw in their programming by changing something normal like a name input or did he actually hack in and change the code to exploit it?

I think he just found a legal way to get the stuff at a lower price.