US government looking for terrorists in Azeroth [WoW]
February 23rd, 2008 • Related • Filed Under
Having successfully eliminated terrorism in the real world, the US government is looking to develop software that will detect potential terrorist activity in online communities and MMOs. Does ninja looting count? What about being a whiny jerk in Warsong Gulch?
The Reynard project will begin by profiling online gaming behavior, then potentially move on to its ultimate goal of “automatically detecting suspicious behavior and actions in the virtual world.”
- The cultural and behavioral norms of virtual worlds and gaming are generally unstudied. Therefore, Reynard will seek to identify the emerging social, behavioral and cultural norms in virtual worlds and gaming environments. The project would then apply the lessons learned to determine the feasibility of automatically detecting suspicious behavior and actions in the virtual world.
- If it shows early promise, this small seedling effort may increase its scope to a full project.
Reynard will conduct unclassified research in a public virtual world environment. The research will use publicly available data and will begin with observational studies to establish baseline normative behaviors.
Via: Wired
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