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Government

Dec. 19, 2013

The NSA's infiltration of video games

The NSA deployed undercover spies to create characters and conduct surveillance in online games and virtual worlds such as "World of Warcraft."

Nathan N. Lowenstein

Lowenstein & Weatherwax LLP

Email: lowenstein@lowensteinweatherwax.com

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By Nathan Lowenstein and Kathryn Russo


The next time your guild is planning to run a dungeon to kill an elite boss beware; the U.S. government may be tracking your Level 80 Warlock's data to prevent the next terrorist attack IRL ("in real life").


A recent top secret document leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, and jointly published by The Guardian, The New York Times, and ProPublica on Dec. 9 suggests that the National Security...

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