Spy agencies in covert push to infiltrate virtual world of online gaming
MMO's are packed with possible communication channels in addition to chat. Ever wonder if that annoying gnome in the auction hall is jumping in morse code?  Could signals be sent with bids?  Could a character's inventory contents be arranged to leave a message to someone else who shares the login info? Is that nonsense coming from what you presume to be a bot-controlled gold-farming crew really nonsense? When a game goes to great lengths to simulate a world, the possibilities for covert communication are nearly limitless!<p>I find the task of finding terrorist communications in MMO's so daunting that I'd never even consider making an attempt at it.  However, the NSA is one organization that seems to have nearly infinite resources to throw at impossible problems. This is an organization that is literally trying to "hack the planet"!  I seriously doubt they'll ever managed to uncover anything significant, even if they're plugged directly into the servers at Blizzard, etc..  However, at least some spooks get to play WoW for a living on the government's dime!<p>Seriously...  The NSA makes military spending look frugal!