Linden “encourages” Second Life residents to change passwords

Linden Lab‘s Director of Community Affairs Linden Lab’s Director of Community Affairs”>Daniel Linden has a seemingly friendly reminder to all residents of Second Life. It’s about making good decisions at choosing your passwords. We say “seemingly” because we thought that it’s one of those things that goes without saying.

We wonder if there’s a problem in the virtual world, somewhere. Speaking of which, as you know, virtual worlds are not free from these attacks. Fantasy-based MMO video games are prone to spams, glitches, hacks, and whatnot.

On the other hand, attacks are more direct in SL because of its very own nature – simulating real life. It should be remembered that it was just a couple of weeks ago when most of these issues were resolved. Daniel Linden made the announcement sound like a passing thought, even suggesting residents to consider the month of May as “Strong Password Month.”

He then went on and encouraged all residents to change their passwords right away. We hope this is not their way of saying that a security compromise occurred. But just the same, it’s a good advice and no harm will happen if you follow it. So for what it’s worth, go ahead and change your passwords.

Via Second Life

Linden Lab‘s Director of Community Affairs Linden Lab’s Director of Community Affairs”>Daniel Linden has a seemingly friendly reminder to all residents of Second Life. It’s about making good decisions at choosing your passwords. We say “seemingly” because we thought that it’s one of those things that goes without saying.

We wonder if there’s a problem in the virtual world, somewhere. Speaking of which, as you know, virtual worlds are not free from these attacks. Fantasy-based MMO video games are prone to spams, glitches, hacks, and whatnot.

On the other hand, attacks are more direct in SL because of its very own nature – simulating real life. It should be remembered that it was just a couple of weeks ago when most of these issues were resolved. Daniel Linden made the announcement sound like a passing thought, even suggesting residents to consider the month of May as “Strong Password Month.”

He then went on and encouraged all residents to change their passwords right away. We hope this is not their way of saying that a security compromise occurred. But just the same, it’s a good advice and no harm will happen if you follow it. So for what it’s worth, go ahead and change your passwords.

Via Second Life