SECOND LIFE OFFERS COMMERCIAL CRIMINALS A NEW ARENA FOR FRAUD AND THEFT
November 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
VIRTUAL worlds such as the popular 'Second Life' force established businesses to change the way they operate. But they offer commercial criminals new opportunities too. Keith Nuthall reports.
CELEBRATED hi tech guru Mitch Kapor, who founded Lotus 1-2-3, said in a recent speech that virtual worlds such as Second Life, Whyville and ActiveWorlds are "disruptive technologies" bringing commercial changes similar to those wrought by the personal computer or the Internet.
In future, he and other specialists have predicted, fortunes will be ...
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