Spies' Battleground Turns Virtual

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If there was ever a sign that virtual worlds are the emerging next version of the Web, this article confirms it: "U.S. intelligence officials are cautioning that popular Internet services that enable computer users to adopt cartoon-like personas in three-dimensional online spaces also are creating security vulnerabilities by opening novel ways for terrorists and criminals to move money, organize and conduct ..." Paranoia that the internets are enabling and promoting criminal activities is nothing new. People eat this stuff up, too, as if technology makes people bad, as if we were all farming in 16th century western Europe the world would be a better and safer place.

• Web Address: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/05/AR2008020503144_pf.html
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• Tags: virtual worlds, second life, web, internet, security, journalism
• Saved by Deryck Hodge on February 07, 2008.
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