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NSA to Open Virtual “Black Box” Office in Second Life

Posted on April 3, 2007 by

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My buddy Jeff Porten sends along this choice "news" item from the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s April 1st newsletter:

NSA to Open Virtual "Black Box" Office in Second Life

The National Security Agency announced today plans to open a virtual office in the popular online game Second Life.  The office will consist of a large black box located in an undisclosed location. "We’ve already eavesdropped on most Americans’ first lives," said NSA spokesperson Narc Informer. "Now we have a whole new world to listen in on." The government also plans to build a virtual secret courtroom to issue virtual carte blanche wiretapping orders and will eventually add a virtual offshore interrogation island for enemy combatant avatars to be held without trial.

Gotta love those EFF guys.  Thanks, Jeff!
 

5 thoughts on “NSA to Open Virtual “Black Box” Office in Second Life”

  1. bogus says:
    April 3, 2007 at 7:56 am

    NSA is already in Second Life. The Linden Lab Chief Technology Officer is a “former” NSA employee.
    http://lindenlab.com/management#ondrejka
    Of course, you never really “leave” the NSA. This time however, they gave themselves legal authority (section 6.2 of the Second Life Terms of Service).
    http://secondlife.com/corporate/tos.php
    “You acknowledge and agree that Linden Lab, in its sole discretion, may track, record, observe or follow any and all of your interactions within the Service.”
    They have free reign.

    Reply
  2. Adri says:
    April 3, 2007 at 12:01 pm

    You, sir, are going to start another panic. 😀

    Reply
  3. rikomatic says:
    April 3, 2007 at 12:17 pm

    No, I’ve learned my lesson! No more impersonating US governmental agencies. 🙂

    Reply
  4. Han Fei says:
    April 3, 2007 at 3:08 pm

    Hear that click? It’s me deleting your RSS feed from my machine.

    Reply
  5. rikomatic says:
    April 3, 2007 at 3:12 pm

    Ah well. I’m not everyone’s cup of tea, for sure. Go in peace…

    Reply

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