This has gotten totally out of hand. According to an article in Wired, the US Navy and Department of Homeland Security contracted data forensics company Obscure Technologies for new software that will siphon user data off of video game consoles. Like many federal power-grabs and unconstitutional wiretapping laws, the feds are using pedophelia and “protecting the children” to make the move more palatable to the public. Nobody would dare disagree with legislation generated in the name of protecting children!
Via Wired
Think twice if you live outside the U.S. and plan to sell your used gaming console.
The Department of Homeland Security has launched a research project to find ways to hack into gaming consoles to obtain sensitive information about gamers stored on the devices.
One of the first contracts for the project was awarded last week to Obscure Technologies, based in California, to devise a forensic tool that will siphon data from the Xbox 360, Wii, PlayStation 3 and other consoles.
The $177,000 contract requires the company to create new hardware and software tools that can extract data from gaming consoles, and to purchase used gaming consoles outside the U.S. to determine what data was left on them by previous owners that can be extracted, including information about communications with other gamers, according to Foreign Policy magazine.
The awakening is here and it is accelerating. That’s a fact. Just check out this illuminating clip where self-described DHS “beat reporter” Mickey McCarter repeatedly attempts to peddle propaganda when he is relentlessly opposed by callers that are clearly not taking BS for an answer. I’m unsure as to whether Mickey boy is simply ill informed or an active participant in the bullshit but either way – Behold a beautiful example of awareness shifting the dialog to support the only REAL issue: FREEDOM!