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Does Anonymity In Virtual Worlds Breed Terrorism?

Posted by samzenpus on from the threat-of-the-week dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes "The Washington Post has an article about the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity's take on the numerous virtual worlds (e.g. Second Life) that have cropped up in recent years. IARPA's thesis is that because the Government can't currently monitor all the communication and interaction, terrorists will plot and scheme in such environments."

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  1. News related by sykopomp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is an interesting news posting, specially considering what's been going on with the whole Internet Hate Machine vs. Scientology thing these past months. I don't think there's been enough thought into the implications of large, somewhat-cohesive online groups on RL. It's good that at least someone is paying attention.

  2. Re:In fact less by BenoitRen · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    brought for cash

    It's bought, dammit! Bought! Will people stop misspelling it already?!