Comments on New World Newsfeed: The CIA in Second LifeTypePad2008-02-07T07:30:14ZSLHamlethttps://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2008/02/new-world-new-1/comments/atom.xml/Noone is innocent commented on 'New World Newsfeed: The CIA in Second Life'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef00e55038d31c88332008-02-13T17:44:18Z2008-02-13T17:44:18ZNoone is innocent""Unfortunately, what started out as a benign environment where people would congregate to share information or explore fantasy worlds is...<p>""Unfortunately, what started out as a benign environment where people would congregate to share information or explore fantasy worlds is now offering the opportunity for religious/political extremists to recruit, rehearse, transfer money, and ultimately engage in information warfare or worse with impunity."</p>
<p>I think indeed this is a serious threat. I am already tired of being haressed by army or navy recruiters on the street, but now they've also moved into SL. Horrible news.</p>Ann Otoole commented on 'New World Newsfeed: The CIA in Second Life'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef00e55031018e88342008-02-07T16:53:10Z2008-02-07T16:53:10ZAnn Otooleif they want to hire a builder to build something way better and realistic than those fugly glass/metal crackerboxes then...<p>if they want to hire a builder to build something way better and realistic than those fugly glass/metal crackerboxes then they are free to send money my way.</p>Patchouli Woollahra commented on 'New World Newsfeed: The CIA in Second Life'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef00e55030f60088342008-02-07T16:33:46Z2008-02-07T16:33:46ZPatchouli Woollahrahttp://woolysquared.blogspot.comSL may have lost the ability to cloak the existence of islands, but it still retains its ability to deny...<p>SL may have lost the ability to cloak the existence of islands, but it still retains its ability to deny public access to islands...</p>
<p>And as with RL, there are ways to cope with the inability to go invisible now: building primshields over islands, or rezzing innocuous architecture. Using misleading names for islands that are not meant to be publicly known of would be another cyber-stealth tactic possible.</p>
<p>But disallowing classified meetings would still be a good idea given the impracticality of ensuring every LL and Vivox staffer has proper security clearance. xD</p>
<p>This was a fait accompli thing. I'm just surprised it took this long for an admission of SL as a lower-level spycraft venue to come out.</p>dandellion Kimban commented on 'New World Newsfeed: The CIA in Second Life'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d8341bf74053ef00e5503082ee88342008-02-07T12:22:26Z2008-02-07T12:22:26Zdandellion Kimbanhttp://metaverse.acidzen.orgNow there is a real griefing target.<p>Now there is a real griefing target.</p>