Terrorism, Orlando: “Wiretapping also chat and PlayStation” – The Republic

ROME – “Once the exchange of news came only by phone. Today there are many more tools and the network offers endless opportunities. That is why we must strengthen our systems of interception and that today we have decided. On the PlayStation? Yes, but also on all those chat linked to other programs such as, for example, those for downloading music. ” Justice Minister, Andrea Orlando, at the end of a summit in Arenula convened to identify new to the prevention and combating of terrorism the view of the jubilee, announcing new measures.

The words of the minister in addition to chat, indicate those technological tools that do not have a primary role of communication but also allow users to make direct contact. There is no evidence that terrorists are using or have used the PlayStation to communicate, so that about the planning of the tragedy in Paris on PlayStation, has openly talked of “hoaxes”. But there is no assurance that such a scenario is not likely, given the extensive communication possibilities offered by current video games, and not only on PlayStation. Sony also knows that about responded publicly to the Belgian Prime Minister after the attacks in Paris.

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PlayStation, methods of interaction between multiple users and “intercept” all the time would result in a complex task. In the simplest case, two or more people can communicate on PlayStation Network through simple text messages, which upon availability access by Sony (the company that produces the system and manages its “cloud”) under the hands of Investigators can also be picked up relatively easily. But of course the day after the opening of stricter controls, not more no one would use them for communications to keep hidden.

different and infinitely more rugged is the case of communications “in-game”, those that take place within online games, where most players get together and can communicate in writing, but also – and especially – in voice and video, privately and publicly, verbally or with visual languages. In-game events group not necessarily open to the public but intended to selected users. Because digital can break down barriers but also be used to create new ones. Intercept those communications it means in fact having “infiltrating” inside the online community suspected to play an intelligence work quite similar to that of the services on the territory. But here the view of possible intersections Games-times-games-server owners (infrastructure of the online games do not go all-Sony) could prove a daunting terrain, unless you provide some sort of filter upstream and sophisticated detection technologies content and meetings suspects. That would require something like the “special laws” for online games, which at the moment are based on the terms of service standards. And that is not difficult to create communicative situations that respond to ad-hoc government measures. In short, a scenario not easy.

In the days following the attacks in Paris, Sony had responded publicly to the Belgian Prime Minister Jan Jambon, which had declared as PlayStation was a vehicle by monitoring difficult. The company actually admits that the system can be “abused” by malicious, but also say they encourage users and companies of video games to report suspicious behavior, then Sony reports to the competent authorities. But the PlayStation universe is only one of the possible fronts electronic, gaming systems online are many and they all have their mazes. Where it is difficult to hide.

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Starring:

andrea orlando