Posts Tagged ‘Counter-terrorism’

Been playing World of Warcraft lately? Maybe a little Halo 3, or Call Of Duty? If the answer is yes, then you may wish to re-consider your playing style, especially if your online behavior is in any way betraying the fact that you are, in fact, secretly a terrorist… Yes that’s right, no need to re-read that last sentence, rather enjoy this next one: The US Government is to begin monitoring behaviour in online worlds in order to track and identify those who behave unusually (i.e. terrorists) and investigate them further (all expenses paid trip to Guantanamo anyone?). Now clearly I’m being slightly hyperbolic here, but the point is this; even if nobody ever even gets questioned as a result of this project, its very existence is enough to threaten the very principles which have allowed the web to become the complex and wonderful thing it is today…