Ditch the Label Equality Machine
| Ditch the Label Equality Machine | |
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| Motto: Spreading equality, one flag at a time... | |
| Release date: | May 22nd 2014 |
| Rare Values | |
| Category: | Super Rares Ditch the Label |
| Value: | Habbox Rare Values |
The Ditch the Label Equality Machine is a Super Rare first released during May 2014 on Habbo.com (International) as part of a partnership between Sulake and Ditch The Label. In terms of how rares were typically released during this era, this one was released in an unconventional manner. Instead of being sold in the Catalogue or being rewarded out via a staff competition, users had to purchase an item from the Ditch the Label shop with the promotional code 'HABBO' and then wait to receive a voucher code for the Habbo Mall. After entering the voucher code, they would recieve the machine and a corresponding Badge of the same colour on the Client.
Due to the unconvential release method, it is difficult to know how many of such items exist on the hotel. Conservative estimates from users suggest approximately a couple of hundred exist on Habbo.com.
It is a recolour of the other Ditch the Label machines, known as the Ditch the Label Golden Vault, Ditch The Label Flag Machine and Blue Ditch the Label Equality Machine.
Controversy
During the rare release an issue occurred with the Ditch The Label store website, whereby users were able to see the shipping information of other users who had already ordered an item. Ditch The Label insist that after investigations they found no such issue occurring, but many players remain persistant that they were able to see other customer's addresses and contact details, as per this thread on HabboxForum.
If users were able to see other customer's personal information, then the cause for this remains unknown. It has been pointed out that the e-commerce management system used for the online shop is not a secure application, but the issue could have also potentially lied with caching. When a website caches webpages, it 'saves' them as a copy to show to the users accessing a website, however companies ensure that user X cannot see user Y's cached page if they are two different registered users. Had Ditch The Label not taken this precaution, then this would explain why users were seeing other customer's data.