Anyone really concerned about cyberterrorism should be doing in-depth research into how my daughter’s Webkinz* (or is it Webkins?) stuffed animal can be killed by the webmasters if she doesn’t login and feed it on time…. (or something like that). The fear! The terror! (The marketing!)
How come the trade press is suppressing these dastardly acts? Who will come to the aid of "Snowinka" the white cat? (What analyst firm will write the first information security report on it?)
[* If you don't know what Webkinz are, neither do I, but I gather they are something like an Internet-enabled cross between Beanie Babies and Tamagotchis.]
Actually, the Webkinz site takes pains to reassure parents that the ‘kinz won’t actually die if you ignore them. They’ll get really sick and hungry, but they won’t die. I guess that’s to avoid lawsuits trying to recover psychotherapy bills …
Yeah, they’re insidious online crack sites that use a cute stuffed animal as the gateway drug. There are lots of imitators being advertised, too. Every toy is “web-enabled” if it’s not already plugged in …
@shrdlu -
Gasp! Those fiends! they torture these poor (things) and then don’t even have the decency to kill them? This is an outrage!
Thanks for the clarification.
Pete
webkinz is unsafe! It doesn’t have a real certificate of security, which means tht bad people can get on therre, and get personal imformation, that you don’t want them to know a bout. Also, their last statement was listed April 11th, 2007!!!! They’re supposed to do that every month!! They’re down 12 months so far! In conclusion, don’t let your child go on webkinz!!!!