[opensource-dev] oh give me a break

Lance Corrimal Lance.Corrimal at eregion.de
Mon Mar 15 07:51:21 PDT 2010


Am Montag, 15. März 2010 15:31:14 schrieb Soft Linden:
> On Monday, March 15, 2010, Vex Streeter <vexstreeter at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Excellent discussion, Thomas - I think I concur on every point.
> > 
> > I'd add, however, that I think LL could tweak the economic model to
> > discourage for-profit content theft.  Perhaps requiring that account be
> > verified in order to convert L$ to real world currency or even a monthly
> > L$ transaction limit.  No, I haven't thought about it very deeply, but
> > since DRM is so often counterproductive, perhaps cracking down on the
> > money laundering side of the equation would be a better (and much less
> > intrusive) approach.
> 
> We're very active on squashing the financial side, and go out of our
> way to prevent cash-outs in these cases, even adding burden to
> third-party exchanges. It's best done with a multi-pronged approach,
> so our successes there don't stop us from supplementing with other
> approaches.
> 
> Any additional ideas on squashing fraud are always appreciated, via
> mail to security at lindenlab.com. Please don't hold those discussions on
> this list.


Aren't there dayly,weekly and monthly limits on the lindex anyways?

... I think limiting "cash out" to verified accounts would help... or not. 
depends on what passes as "verified". "Payment info on file" definitely isn't 
enough, since you need that to cash out anyways, or where would the cash go?

Aristotle, on the other hand, is nothing but a poor joke, seeing as how many 
people successfully verified as elvis, or kurt cobain...

Sending in a phone bill and a copy of a passport, on the third hand, wouldn't 
really mean much either... It's a more-or-less working approach to verify that 
someone either is who he is, or that that someone's parents have a 
photocopier, and sloppy habits with their phone bills...

... how about cashing out with daily/weekly/monthly limits, and only towards a 
genuine credit card, no paypal, unless you verify by some genuine ID 
service... for example post ident?

... that's a german service where a website gives you a form to fill out & 
print, then you waltz over to any nearest post office, present that document 
and your passport or ID card (nothing else accepted), and the post clerk signs 
the form, confirming that you really are who you are.

... that's legally accepted over here for "adult verification" for dvd 
rentals, and for opening a bank account online, up to the degree of not 
needing any other papers signed anymore after that.


bye,
LC


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