Called The Reynard project, it is a series of plans for the U.S. Intelligence to monitor more internet traffic, most notably, data mining from several major MMORPGs, including WoW. The goal being to eventually create a system that can “automatically detecting suspicious behavior and actions in the virtual world.” Games often have things like bombs and assassinations in them, and it seems like the potential for a very high false positive rate is there. It kinda makes me wonder if custom UIs will have an option to use some sort of encryption with their in-game chat for those who are really bothered by big brother being over their shoulder.<\/p>\n
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http:\/\/blog.wired.com\/27bstroke6\/2008\/02\/nations-spies-w.html<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.joystiq.com\/2008\/02\/23\/wired-national-intelligence-seeking-terrorists-in-wow\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Called The Reynard project, it is a series of plans for the U.S. Intelligence to monitor more internet traffic, most notably, data mining from several major MMORPGs, including WoW. The goal being to eventually create a system that can “automatically … Continue reading