December 9, 2013

Spies infiltrate online games including Second Life

From the New York Times....
Not limiting their activities to the earthly realm, American and British spies have infiltrated the fantasy worlds of World of Warcraft and Second Life, conducting surveillance and scooping up data in the online games played by millions of people across the globe, according to newly disclosed classified documents.
So all those avatars with the last name "SecretSpy" may really be -- secret spies. But seriously, how much money can you really move through WoW or Second Life? Most people have a hard enough time getting their money out of SL into Paypal legitimately let alone doing it on the sly. :P

Full story here: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/10/world/spies-dragnet-reaches-a-playing-field-of-elves-and-trolls.html

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