Strange Messages from LL; Has Anyone Else Seen This?
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Ann Launay
Neko-licious™
Join date: 8 Aug 2006
Posts: 7,893
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09-09-2007 09:30
So I just logged into my SL-related email account to find this: From: someone Dear Ann Launay,
Greetings from Second Life. Occasionally, Linden Lab needs to determine
the cause of bugs, simulator slowdowns, and various other occurrences
that you may have experienced while in Second Life.
While fixing a bug, we were able to trace it to something that your
avatar may have been doing, or something they may have seen. For this
reason, we have disabled your ability to log in to Second Life while we
examine your logs and try to determine the cause.
Your account will be returned shortly (usually within a 1/2 hour), and
no changes will be made to your character or account other than those
required to resolve the problem.
Your account will be restored as soon as we resolve the specific issue,
and we will notify you via email when that happens. We apologize
for the inconvenience. Please feel free to contact us if you have
further questions.
Best Wishes,
Linden Lab From: someone Dear Ann Launay,
Thank you for your patience while we worked on your Second Life account.
It has been re-enabled.
We hope that this did not impact your Second Life too severely, and
apologize for any inconvenience that it may have caused. As always, if
you have any questions, feel free to contact us by emailing
[email]support@lindenlab.com[/email]
Best Wishes, have fun,
Linden Lab The messages are 5 minutes apart, from 'support@secondlife.com,' rather than the autoresponse type generated by the Support Portal, and I haven't reported any problems recently. I can log in and my account seems fine, nothing missing that I can tell, but it still seems a little peculiar. Should I be concerned?
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~Now Trout Re-Re-Re-Certified!~ From: someone I am bumping you to an 8.5 on the Official Trout Measuring Instrument of Sluttiness. You are an enigma - on the one hand a sweet, gentle, intelligent woman who we would like to wrap up in our arms and protect, and on the other, a temptress to whom we would like to do all sorts of unmentionable things.
Congratulations and shame on you! You are a bit of a slut.
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Erin Talamasca
Registered User
Join date: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 617
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09-09-2007 09:36
From: someone Dear Ann Launay,
Argh, argh, you broke SL! OMG!
RUN! From: someone Dear Ann Launay,
Um, sorry about that. In fact, nothing happened. Don't know what you're talking about. Oh look, a monkey!
Lots of love, LL No, I don't think there's anything to worry about if they say they've fixed it. Wonder what it was about though? Never seen that before. |
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Oryx Tempel
Registered User
Join date: 8 Nov 2006
Posts: 7,663
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09-09-2007 09:38
How bizarre!
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Ann Launay
Neko-licious™
Join date: 8 Aug 2006
Posts: 7,893
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09-09-2007 09:44
From: Erin Talamasca Oh look, a monkey! Grid monkey, or the other type?  From: Oryx Tempel How bizarre! Yeah...the email address threw me in particular, since if you attempt to write to it, it tells you it's disabled and to use the Support Portal.
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~Now Trout Re-Re-Re-Certified!~ From: someone I am bumping you to an 8.5 on the Official Trout Measuring Instrument of Sluttiness. You are an enigma - on the one hand a sweet, gentle, intelligent woman who we would like to wrap up in our arms and protect, and on the other, a temptress to whom we would like to do all sorts of unmentionable things.
Congratulations and shame on you! You are a bit of a slut.
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Sally Silvera
live music maniac
Join date: 17 Feb 2007
Posts: 2,325
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09-09-2007 09:48
How totally weird!!! From: Ann Launay Yeah...the email address threw me in particular, since if you attempt to write to it, it tells you it's disabled and to use the Support Portal.  they autoresponded to their own mail |
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Ashlynn Dawn
Shopping addict
Join date: 1 Feb 2004
Posts: 508
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09-09-2007 09:56
They noticed an increase in Pie and traced it back to you. See, Lindens dont like....Pie.
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Ann Launay
Neko-licious™
Join date: 8 Aug 2006
Posts: 7,893
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09-09-2007 09:57
I put in a ticket, just to be safe.
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~Now Trout Re-Re-Re-Certified!~ From: someone I am bumping you to an 8.5 on the Official Trout Measuring Instrument of Sluttiness. You are an enigma - on the one hand a sweet, gentle, intelligent woman who we would like to wrap up in our arms and protect, and on the other, a temptress to whom we would like to do all sorts of unmentionable things.
Congratulations and shame on you! You are a bit of a slut.
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Dnali Anabuki
Still Crazy
Join date: 17 Oct 2006
Posts: 1,633
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09-09-2007 11:28
Finally we know whose fault all of SL's problems are. Whew.
You must be some powerful kitty!
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Sally Silvera
live music maniac
Join date: 17 Feb 2007
Posts: 2,325
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09-09-2007 11:29
From: Ashlynn Dawn They noticed an increase in Pie and traced it back to you. See, Lindens dont like....Pie. Or... they wanted Ann's pies and are now eating them |
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SuezanneC Baskerville
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Join date: 22 Dec 2003
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09-09-2007 11:33
I'd look at the detailed view of the message headers and see if it looks like it really came from LL.
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Alyx Sands
Mental Mentor Linguist
Join date: 17 Feb 2007
Posts: 2,432
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09-09-2007 11:42
Maybe it was the first stages of "Sky's Syndrome" and they, uh, quarantined you?
But that sounds reeeally scary....."Don't move, you broke something!" Weird.
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Sensual Casanova
Spoiled Brat
Join date: 28 Feb 2004
Posts: 4,807
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09-09-2007 12:03
That is a legit email, and had it done to a friend of mine before... not sure the reasoning, but it's legit
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Abba Thiebaud
PerPetUal NoOb
Join date: 20 Aug 2006
Posts: 563
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09-09-2007 12:43
From: Sally Silvera Or... they wanted Ann's pies and are now eating them Hey, get your mind out of the gutter! This is a PG sim. <jk don't shoot me> Hey Ann, they don't happen to be blusterberry pies, do they? A
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Ann Launay
Neko-licious™
Join date: 8 Aug 2006
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09-09-2007 15:36
From: Dnali Anabuki Finally we know whose fault all of SL's problems are. Whew.
You must be some powerful kitty! Just call me Kitten o' Doom! =^.^= It was just strange that it happened on Sunday morning, when I hadn't reported or even experienced any significantly buggy behavior recently, and it came from an email address that I'm relatively certain is supposed to be disabled. Of course, they still have the 'webmaster@secondlife.com' on their 'File Not Found' page, and it's disabled too...they do seem to overlook minor details like that.  Also, the 5 minutes between emails doesn't really seem like enough time for them to have actually done anything either. So it was odd all around. I haven't heard back from my ticket, but at least Sensual could confirm that I'm not the only person to have had these messages dropped on me. Thanks.  *carefully hides the dessert cart from the Lindens*
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~Now Trout Re-Re-Re-Certified!~ From: someone I am bumping you to an 8.5 on the Official Trout Measuring Instrument of Sluttiness. You are an enigma - on the one hand a sweet, gentle, intelligent woman who we would like to wrap up in our arms and protect, and on the other, a temptress to whom we would like to do all sorts of unmentionable things.
Congratulations and shame on you! You are a bit of a slut.
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SuezanneC Baskerville
Forums Rock!
Join date: 22 Dec 2003
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09-09-2007 15:49
That other people have received a similar message does not mean that it is legitimate. I'm sure other people have received the spam I get; it's still spam.
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So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them.
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Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard,
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Ann Launay
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09-09-2007 15:55
From: SuezanneC Baskerville That other people have received a similar message does not mean that it is legitimate. I'm sure other people have received the spam I get; it's still spam. Nope, I'm still waiting for my ticket response to stop fretting over it entirely. And the email details say it was mailed by 'wayne.secondlife.com'...do we know Wayne?
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~Now Trout Re-Re-Re-Certified!~ From: someone I am bumping you to an 8.5 on the Official Trout Measuring Instrument of Sluttiness. You are an enigma - on the one hand a sweet, gentle, intelligent woman who we would like to wrap up in our arms and protect, and on the other, a temptress to whom we would like to do all sorts of unmentionable things.
Congratulations and shame on you! You are a bit of a slut.
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3Ring Binder
always smile
Join date: 8 Mar 2007
Posts: 15,028
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09-09-2007 19:06
sounds like there was a griefing incident in a place you happened to be, and you were named for consideration.
you seem to be in the clear, so that's good. but yeah, wierd.
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Ann Launay
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09-09-2007 19:20
From: 3Ring Binder sounds like there was a griefing incident in a place you happened to be, and you were named for consideration.
you seem to be in the clear, so that's good. but yeah, wierd. I haven't even SEEN any griefing, let alone participated in it. And I haven't been on much with my main account recently anyway. I spent most of last week running an alt...I'm not sure I even logged Ann in until Saturday. That day, I went to the ETD reopening and then hung with a couple friends on a very quiet island where they rent. Nothing big.
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~Now Trout Re-Re-Re-Certified!~ From: someone I am bumping you to an 8.5 on the Official Trout Measuring Instrument of Sluttiness. You are an enigma - on the one hand a sweet, gentle, intelligent woman who we would like to wrap up in our arms and protect, and on the other, a temptress to whom we would like to do all sorts of unmentionable things.
Congratulations and shame on you! You are a bit of a slut.
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Sindy Tsure
Will script for shoes
Join date: 18 Sep 2006
Posts: 4,103
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09-09-2007 19:38
Sounds like they were investigating something - crash, inventory loss, who knows what - and ran into a reference to your account. Maybe something in your inventory. They sent you a note, locked down your account so nothing would change then dug deeper for whatever clues they were looking for. Once they were done, they unlocked you and sent you another note.
/me is enouraged by this.
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Ann Launay
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Join date: 8 Aug 2006
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09-09-2007 19:40
Couldn't have been much of a 'dig' if it took less than 5 minutes. lol
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~Now Trout Re-Re-Re-Certified!~ From: someone I am bumping you to an 8.5 on the Official Trout Measuring Instrument of Sluttiness. You are an enigma - on the one hand a sweet, gentle, intelligent woman who we would like to wrap up in our arms and protect, and on the other, a temptress to whom we would like to do all sorts of unmentionable things.
Congratulations and shame on you! You are a bit of a slut.
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Ann Launay
Neko-licious™
Join date: 8 Aug 2006
Posts: 7,893
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09-09-2007 19:48
OK, I guess it actually was LL, but this response still doesn't really tell me anything. It does sort of make me laugh, though... From: someone Greetings,
Linden Lab has hijacked your account to inspect your Avatar see if there was any bugs or any evidence of problem causes. Since your Account has been re-enabled again, you do not have to worry about anything. You may have not reported anything but it could be someone else reported you to have you inspected for any problems or incidents. We apologize for the inconvenience and please let us know if you find anything impacted your account severly.
Thank you
Linden Research Inc. They hijacked my account! Mwahahahaha!
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~Now Trout Re-Re-Re-Certified!~ From: someone I am bumping you to an 8.5 on the Official Trout Measuring Instrument of Sluttiness. You are an enigma - on the one hand a sweet, gentle, intelligent woman who we would like to wrap up in our arms and protect, and on the other, a temptress to whom we would like to do all sorts of unmentionable things.
Congratulations and shame on you! You are a bit of a slut.
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Strife Onizuka
Moonchild
Join date: 3 Mar 2004
Posts: 5,887
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09-09-2007 22:19
I'm surprised it's taken griefers this long to pickup on the idea of object recycling for the purpose of character assassination. It's something that has always worried me. It's why using the creator to identify an item is flawed. It's one of the reasons why I apposed an LSL function to read the creator field on arbitrary objects, it's to easily gamed. When it comes to recyclable assets, there should be a last modifier field.
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Ann Launay
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09-09-2007 22:54
Strife, the only part of that I understood was 'character assassination.' lol
I can't imagine why anyone would try to set me up for something though, unless it was a random choice. I don't go out of my way to antagonize people and actually keep to myself a lot. *shrug*
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~Now Trout Re-Re-Re-Certified!~ From: someone I am bumping you to an 8.5 on the Official Trout Measuring Instrument of Sluttiness. You are an enigma - on the one hand a sweet, gentle, intelligent woman who we would like to wrap up in our arms and protect, and on the other, a temptress to whom we would like to do all sorts of unmentionable things.
Congratulations and shame on you! You are a bit of a slut.
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Ava Glasgow
Hippie surfer chick
Join date: 27 Jan 2007
Posts: 2,172
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09-10-2007 01:14
I believe Strife is commenting on what bad people have started doing with full-perm objects and scripts... modding them to do bad things, like steal people's money, and then releasing them on the world. The objects do the bad things, and when people investigate, they can only see who created the object originally... NOT the bad person who modded it to do bad things. The end result is that the nice person who released a full-perm item (probably a freebie) will get constantly harassed by the victims of the bad modded item, victims who have no idea they are harassing the wrong person. Even worse, it could destroy the reputation of a nice person. Strife suggests a 'last modifier' field, something that will tell us who the bad person who made the changes was. Good idea, in my opinion. |
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Kenbro Utu
Registered User
Join date: 26 Sep 2006
Posts: 483
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09-10-2007 02:02
I certainly don't find a Wayne Linden in search people...
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