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Vaticano.org feedback
«The news went around the world. Over a whole year a fake website of the Vatican have cheated millions of visitors» Marco Gasperetti, Le Scienze
«Quite a big stir was caused by the declaration in favor of abortion, free sex and drug legalization, all added between the lines of papal encyclicals, accurately quoted. From the website you could even write messages to the Pope. For a whole year millions of users have visited the "pirate" website without noticing anything» Sofia Basso, Il Nuovo
«The Vatican mocked by hackers: fake site, for one year nobody realized it» Il Giornale
«For almost a year, the web page www.vaticano.org has unashamedly tried to copy the official Vatican page (www.vatican.va). The confusion created was especially strong given that the format used was also a copy of the Vatican's site» Zenit
«Even a prestigious website like the Vatican one can be the victim of sabotage» Mediamente
«The joke was discovered in these hours: who visited vaticano.org during last year found a copy nearly identical of the official site of the Holy See (www.vatican.va), but with "re-touched" contents. In the texts published on the site, included the Pope's interventions, were "heretical" proclamations, invented words, unpardonable errors and even songs by 883 (a teeny bopper band): everything put in a "plausible" context» Il Giornale
«The website offered even the possibility to write to the Holy Father in person, who was replying hijacking pilgrims towards unsettled places, all in the name of a "Free Spirit Jubilee"» Valentina Tanni, ExiWebArt
«The Vatican has found out the hard way that there are some places where nothing is sacred after it become the latest big-name victim of sharp operators who use the Internet. The Vatican itself has been taken by surprise by the developments. The office responsible for the Vatican's media affairs registered the name www.vatican.va in 1996, even though it had no plans to launch its own site at the time. Archbishop John Foley, the head of the media office, says: "I thought that by registering the name www.vatican.va we had every angle covered. But, unfortunately, that is not the case"» Zenit
«The unofficial use of the Vatican name has been made possible by the way Internet website addresses are provided. For about £50 any name can be registered and no checks on authenticity are carried out. Network Solutions spokeswoman Nancy Huddleston says however that complaints can be made about the use of unofficial names and the company is willing to take action. But so far, she says, no complaints have been received» Michael Leidig, London Evening Standard
«A lot of people are crying out a warning. A digital copy is indeed perfectly identical to the original one, and it's hard to distinguish truth from falsehood. Is the Internet going to be a place where truth and lie will melt?» Marco Gasperetti, Le Scienze
«A website that made a piece of Internet history - starting from the domain. When yet few people used to surf, and very few had their own registered domain, it seems impossible, but somebody was already ahead» Lanzidei |
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