Ebay Announces Bid Bot

Date: 08/13/98
Time: 08:07:22 PDT

Yesterday, through the help of an Ebay user, we detected and disarmed a
"bid bot" which had placed bids on hundreds of items. A bid bot is a
program which bids on many items or the same item over and over again.

Our SafeHarbor(tm) team is tracking down the source of the bot, and will
be working with our lawyers and the authorities to take appropriate
action.

In an effort to prevent this type of system attack in the future, Ebay
plans to make an internal change to the bidding process. Most of you
will not notice this change. It will NOT affect the interface you use at all.
All bidding processes will remain the same as they were before.

Unfortunately, the change may disable most, if not all "automated
bidding programs" (a.k.a. sniping programs). We apologize for this, but it's
important that we make Ebay safe from robots of this kind.

The change will be implemented later this week. You should not notice
any difference, unless of course you're a bid bot.

Regards,
Ebay SafeHarbor(tm) Team

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