How to find terrorists in WoW

[VSh]

Found this reading latest CRYPTO-GRAM (http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram.html):

U.S. Spies Want to Find Terrorists in World of Warcraft (http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/02/nations-spies-w.html)
US seeks terrorists in web worlds (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7274377.stm)

The US government has begun a project to develop ways to spot terrorists who are using virtual worlds.

Not a bad idea though.

[Caster13]

It's official, terrorist hunting has become McCarthyism for the 21st cetury.

[Takumi Fujiwara]

I heard a small bit about this on the news the other night and I *facepalmed* so hard I broke my nose. Seeking terrorists in a virtual world >_>, and a MMORPG at that, if terrorists are having so much free time lately that they can hang out in online games can they really even be consitered a threat. So does this mean when I get bored in Halo 3 and decided to be a teammate killer for a few games I'm going to get watched.

[Samurai Drifter]

It's official, terrorist hunting has become McCarthyism for the 21st cetury.
Ha ha, you're about 7 years late on that one.

[Mikosage]

Is there nothing the US Govt won't do? Seriously, next they'll be sifting through tv channels trying to decide which are terroristic. Wtf, man?

No wonder everyone hates us...

[Holy Knight]

Can you say veiled attempts at installing a Big Brother scheme?

Categorizing behavior in a virtual world to combat terrorists is a ridiculous idea if I ever heard one. This is best suited to virtual anthropology, if anything. Behavior in an online world simply cannot be a perfect representative of an individual's propensity to terrorism.

I'm more inclined to question where, exactly, are these guys getting such ideas and the logic in using up taxpayer money for something that has a low probability of succeeding.

[taily]

makes you wonder whether the pun in the simpsons movie that the U.S goverment was monitoring every single conversation in attempted to find terrorists and wanted criminals was based on fact...

[Samurai Drifter]

Is there nothing the US Govt won't do? Seriously, next they'll be sifting through tv channels trying to decide which are terroristic. Wtf, man?

No wonder everyone hates us...
Actually, it's going to be much worse than that. (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/03/google_eavesdropping_software/)

[Old Ape Face]

Actually, it's going to be much worse than that. (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/03/google_eavesdropping_software/)

Ok I'll move to Yahoo, for my drug runs then :rolleyes:

[Mikosage]

Actually, it's going to be much worse than that. (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/03/google_eavesdropping_software/)

Yeah, THAT'S gonna go over real well. Show of hands, class. Who bets we see an alarming increase of federal arrests immediately following the release of this program?

[Old Ape Face]

Yeah, THAT'S gonna go over real well. Show of hands, class. Who bets we see an alarming increase of federal arrests immediately following the release of this program?

If you refuse you go to prison if you accept you still have the likelihood of going to prison. What a great Country we live in huh? :)

[fujyoshi]

yep I've seen everything now -_- off to faithRO with me :D

[Delta-Pheonix]

Does this mean less Horde ganking around the Dead mines? <_<

[Ken-Ohki]

I can't wait till my house is raided after my friends and I play a game of Risk and the feds decide my comments to attack "Eastern United States" is a terrorist plot.

[Old Ape Face]

I can't wait till my house is raided after my friends and I play a game of Risk and the feds decide my comments to attack "Eastern United States" is a terrorist plot.

OMG, if we plan to attack Afghanistan (which is also on the Risk map) they might bring support troops.

[Caster13]

I bet money that some of the people on this forum are being watched.

[Phantom]

I would keep a close eye on the Gundam forum as terrorism is somewhat frowned upon by Gundam pilots with a lose trigger finger.

[Caster13]

I say go to 4chan. Weeaboos are DEFINITELY anti-american.

[Samurai Drifter]

I bet money that some of the people on this forum are being watched.
In all seriousness, I'm pretty sure the CIA has a file on me. I visit and post on sites that are known to be watched by them.

[Justinian]

Also, in all seriousness I bet I have gotten myself on some lists. Mostly for the **** I wrote on those state tests in high school. Being me...I could easily be classified as a terrorist in their eyes, and I mean this all literally. Funny though, I know I've had my phone tapped before...(I really mean this)

Well this is why I plan to go to the Netherlands when I get out of college.

[Caster13]

Well this is why I plan to go to the Netherlands when I get out of college.[/COLOR]

Amsterdam.

filler.

[Soluzar]

In all seriousness, I'm pretty sure the CIA has a file on me. I visit and post on sites that are known to be watched by them.
Wait... how does this work again? I thought the CIA dealt with external threats to America's national security. Wouldn't it be the FBI that had the file on you? Or maybe the NSA, because who knows what they do, right?

[Samurai Drifter]

Wait... how does this work again? I thought the CIA dealt with external threats to America's national security. Wouldn't it be the FBI that had the file on you? Or maybe the NSA, because who knows what they do, right?
The CIA has been known to deal with internal threats also, and carry out experiments on Americans- such as MK-ULTRA, attempted mind-control by administration of LSD to unsuspecting citizens.

[fujyoshi]

I bet money that some of the people on this forum are being watched.

O_O we probably are

[VSh]

Sure, a lot of person's psychology can be discovered from observation of one's online behavior. It could be interesting to work on some automatic tool that analyzes internet traffic in this aspect. It's like fishing with net: catch fish, small and big. And costs nothing.

[The Million Dollar Prons]

Wait... how does this work again? I thought the CIA dealt with external threats to America's national security. Wouldn't it be the FBI that had the file on you? Or maybe the NSA, because who knows what they do, right?

CIA is intellegence. That means they know everything.

Even what you're doing right now, and frankly they're diqusted. For real, eww. :(

[taily]

If I Am Being Watched I Would Like The Poeple Watching Me To Kindly f*** Off

[Caster13]

Taily, that is quite possibly the greatest post that you've made so far.