"Dark Alleys" on the Internet

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday December 21, 2004 @02:59AM from the places-people-hide dept.

nokilli writes "Sounding the alarmist tone many of us became used to in the early days of the web, The New York Times has a story that talks about "national security" concerns over the myriad ways in which two people (i.e., terrorists) can communicate using the Internet today [NYT=Kneel before Zod]. They're talking about monitoring chat rooms, email servers, etc. I'd like to see how they plan on monitoring my mage as it talks to your cleric in some obscure, nearly impossible to reach (unless you're level 50) corner of our favorite MUD."

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Easy way to eavesdrop on your MUD.... by chrisopherpace · 2004-12-21 03:02 · Score: -1, Redundant

Just use a packet sniffer. Who says that Uncle Sam already isn't doing this, to a lesser degree?

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When encryption is criminalized... by Aphelion · 2004-12-21 03:05 · Score: -1, Redundant

...only criminals will have encryption.
I'm moving to Korea by Lovesquid · 2004-12-21 07:11 · Score: -1, Redundant

It's much safer there, where only old people plan terrorist acts using the Internet.