The Privacy Game Our Data Mined From Video Games

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The Privacy Game Our Data Mined From Video Games

Added: 08.02.2014 15:15 | 22 views | 0 comments

Pixels for Breakfast writes: With the latest revelations that the National Security Agency have been using data from game applications, most notably Angry Birds - because we all play that dont we?, the legacy that Edward Snowden has left rumbles on. Rumbles on, but should prevent few surprises for a gaming community who have spent years breaking into facilities, cracking codes and hacking mainframe systems in virtual worlds. In fact, almost from its infancy, videogaming has delved into the top secret world of espionage from text based adventuring up to and including Ubisofts soon to be released Watch Dogs opus.