"Dark Alleys" on the Internet 704
nokilli writes "Sounding the alarmist tone many of us became used to in the early days of the web, The New York Times has a story that talks about "national security" concerns over the myriad ways in which two people (i.e., terrorists) can communicate using the Internet today [NYT=Kneel before Zod]. They're talking about monitoring chat rooms, email servers, etc. I'd like to see how they plan on monitoring my mage as it talks to your cleric in some obscure, nearly impossible to reach (unless you're level 50) corner of our favorite MUD."
Already tapped.... (Score:5, Funny)
The clerics in obscure level 50 corners of all MUD games are FBI agents. Did you not know that??
SLAP * back to reality (Score:4, Funny)
They put a packet sniffer on the ethernet cable? Because your mage, my cleric, and the impossible to reach corner of the dungeon are not actually in a mythical world of make-believe, but just linked structs in heap memory? You retarded?
Re:Obviously the answer is simple... (Score:5, Funny)
Aye, pre-1880 levels. Let them try hijacking horse-pulled buggies and drive them into buildings!
In related news... (Score:3, Funny)
Bah (Score:3, Funny)
Thats why whenever you get a monster to yourself suddenly *BOOM* kill stealer.
Reminds me of a quote I saw recently (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Already tapped.... (Score:5, Funny)
The Internet: Where men are men, women are men, and little girls are FBI agents.
Re:SLAP * back to reality (Score:0, Funny)
This being Slashdot, you can probably treat that as a rhetorical question.
Re:impossible (Score:1, Funny)
This is some sort of government pyramid scheme!
The top will be monitored by 1 guy, then x under him then x^2 under them, then x^3... and SO ON!
I don't wanna be in the x^n group!!!
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Re:I can still remember the times (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Uhm (Score:2, Funny)
World of Warcraft (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Already tapped.... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:impossible (Score:3, Funny)
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Re:Server Access? (Score:3, Funny)
Um, No.
There are easily reachable key sizes that would literally take longer to crack than the universe has left to exist, assuming every atom in the universe was a computer, all working to crack one message.
Re:impossible (Score:4, Funny)
sucess: not a word
success: achievement of a goal or status
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Re:Already tapped.... (Score:3, Funny)
Suddenly, working for the FBI is sounding a lot more attractive.
"I AM working, boss. I am interrogating this dragon to see if it knows anything. It could be an enemy bot! Pow. Take that! Let's see how you like my fireball!"
Re:Who's going to read it? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Already tapped.... (Score:3, Funny)
MMORPGS: Where orcs are men, female woodelves are men, and that level 60 cleric offering you a quest item for information is an FBI agent.
Mister Anderson (Score:2, Funny)
One of these lives, Mr Nokilli, has a future. One, does not.
Re:impossible (Score:3, Funny)
As in "I told him sucess about it"?
Attack based upon presence or lack thereof (Score:5, Funny)
And I thought I had "Oh, shit!" moments when waking up from oversleeping...
Re:I can still remember the times (Score:2, Funny)