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.
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.
You, sir, are going to start another panic. 😀
No, I’ve learned my lesson! No more impersonating US governmental agencies. 🙂
Hear that click? It’s me deleting your RSS feed from my machine.
Ah well. I’m not everyone’s cup of tea, for sure. Go in peace…