Keep your hands off my virtual wealth谁动了我的虚拟财富?

导读：QQ 账号被盗，虚拟财产(virtual wealth)被偷——这些无疑是网民们最头疼的事情。虽说财产是虚拟的，并不具有实际价值，但这些产品的取得和拥有，无不需要花费大量时间和精力，有的甚至还需要用金钱来换取。网络盗窃屡屡发生，网民们要如何保证自己虚拟财产安全，怎样杜绝此类事件的发生？

虚拟娱乐网站可以为你提供一个聊天、购物、秀装扮以及养宠物的逼真平台。实际上，这不过是一种幻象，只是网页上很多像素的叠加而已；但也正是这些细小的像素带你通往另一片天地——在那儿，你也会遭遇到现实世界中的麻烦。
 Virtual entertainment sites let you chat, dress-up, feed the dog and shop in a way that feels real. In fact, it's all just a mirage, a lot of pixels on a web page, but these little pixels are the gateway to a whole universe – of real-world trouble.

上周，一些网民来到深圳腾讯公司总部呈交诉状，控告该公司没能充分保护他们的账号安全，致使他们的QQ秀头像、服装以及配饰被偷。据《南方都市报》报道，其中一位受害者丢失了1800件游戏道具，总价值达6万元。 Last week, several netizens went to Tencent's headquarters in Shenzhen to file a complaint, accusing the company of not adequately protecting their accounts. They'd had their QQ Show avatar, clothes and accessories stolen. One victim lost 1,800 virtual items, worth 60,000 yuan, reported Southern Metropolis Daily.

虚拟财产是一项价值十亿美金的全球性产业。你可以通过网络游戏，社交网站以及虚拟世界来获取这些财产。例如，《第二人生》、《安特罗皮亚世界》、《魔兽世界》这些虚拟世界都发行了自己的游戏货币，游戏玩家们可以通过交易不动产或开服装店来赚钱。玩家用现金来购买这些游戏货币，而网上的收益也可以装换成现实生活中的钱币。

 Virtual property, which you gain through Web games, social networking sites and virtual worlds, is a billion dollar global industry. For instance, fantasy worlds like Secondlife, Entropia and World of Warcraft issue their own currencies, and players can make a profit by trading in real estate or setting up clothing stores. The currencies are bought with hard cash and profits made online can be converted back into real-world money.

然而，令人意外的是，即使是在虚幻世界里，财产所有权与财产失窃仍然并存。

And, surprise, even in imaginary worlds, property ownership can go hand-in-hand with property theft.

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