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    Big Brother Gets BIGGER

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    The government even has its eye on elves and orcs, according to the latest nugget of news from Edward Snowden's NSA leaks. ProPublica, in partnership with the New York Times and the Guardian, reports that the U.S. intelligence community fears online games like World of Warcraft, Second Life, and Microsoft’s Xbox Live universe could serve as a “target-rich communication network” in which terrorists could “hide in plain sight.” So they're out there in the digital realm, gaming for our safety.


    The classified NSA documents detail all of the perceived intelligence benefits of monitoring video games, noting that World of Warcraft in particular turned up “accounts, characters and guilds related to Islamic extremist groups, nuclear proliferation and arms dealing.” (Warcraft claims to be “unaware of any surveillance taking place.”)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fcastle357 View Post
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    The government even has its eye on elves and orcs, according to the latest nugget of news from Edward Snowden's NSA leaks. ProPublica, in partnership with the New York Times and the Guardian, reports that the U.S. intelligence community fears online games like World of Warcraft, Second Life, and Microsoft’s Xbox Live universe could serve as a “target-rich communication network” in which terrorists could “hide in plain sight.” So they're out there in the digital realm, gaming for our safety.


    The classified NSA documents detail all of the perceived intelligence benefits of monitoring video games, noting that World of Warcraft in particular turned up “accounts, characters and guilds related to Islamic extremist groups, nuclear proliferation and arms dealing.” (Warcraft claims to be “unaware of any surveillance taking place.”)
    Yeah, the government does all this surveillance, but still can't stop a couple terrorists from coming in to this country with a pressure cooker EVEN AFTER the Russian government warned this country that they were terrorists.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Honkey_Kong View Post
    Yeah, the government does all this surveillance, but still can't stop a couple terrorists from coming in to this country with a pressure cooker EVEN AFTER the Russian government warned this country that they were terrorists.
    The only terrorist the government has successfully stopped are ones they instigated and started in the first place.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lovbyts View Post
    The only terrorist the government has successfully stopped are ones they instigated and started in the first place.
    That sounds about right.

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