With all the recent NSA and Edward Snowden news about
government spying one would wonder what you can and can’t do in the world of
electronics that is safe from "the man". We already know that phone
calls and emails are subject to surveillance but it doesn’t end there.
If you are an online video game player then you know how
easy it is to hide behind you character and pretend to be something you are
not. Most gamers assume that the huge axe wielding character is really a 13
year old boy anyway. But what are the odds that your online fighting buddy is
really a terrorist trying to recruit others via a video game?
Now it seems that the US and British governments are spying
on our online video games as well with their own characters. Online games such
as World of Warcraft and some Microsoft games have been infiltrated with spies
trying to gather information on potentially dangerous real life people. The
report states that the meeting places and private chat rooms are perfect places
for people to plot their real life attacks. Microsoft and World of Warcraft
maker Blizzard Entertainment released statements saying they didn’t know of any
spies snooping in their online environments. Supposedly there has been a lot of
information gathered but who knows for sure if its really useful or helpful.
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