U.S. Navy hires hackers to design spy tools for gaming consoles

HardwareLust: On Saturday, we told you about the US Government’s plan to hack into your gaming console to monitor terrorist activity. Who better to figure out exactly how to accomplish that than hackers? Yep, the U.S. Navy, who awarded the contract to Obscure Technologies, is hiring hackers to accomplish a whole slew of interesting objectives on the Wii, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.

[telekineticmantis]

adheres to these "spy tools" are committing Reputational financial suicide.

[Solid_Snake37]

Well, its not like im a secret Al-Qaida spy plotting to blow up stuff. I've got nothing to hide.

[slayorofgods]

........because we all know how Al-Qaida depends on gaming consoles to carry out their terrorist activities.

[GanjaMan]

Yh but they wont tell u that they have these spy tools on consoles, it looks like everywhere we now go or things we use is another way for the hierarchy to watch us.

new world order is coming (infact its started and there are signs already), the future looks bleak!

[GamingPerson]

Console gaming is getting better and better.. commie boxes..

[Stove]

This is not communism lol this is totalitarianism. And totalitarianism is much MUCH worse! Orwell's 1984 becomes more relevant everyday it seems :(

[Wenis]

Guess Ill just play offline then..

[BlackRock]

this will never pass any "LAW" besides where has any terrorist used a ps3 360 or Wii to use it as a terrorist mobile Machine? can it launch missiles or war heads "NO" i highly doubt it can it be used to spy on others Uh "NO" the space satellites would be a more useful way to spy on terrorist because you can't shoot at it nor can you launch a missile high enough to shoot it down witch means a better way to "SPY" then a console because if this is true then its an invation of privacy of others by all accounts this should be "OUTLAWED" to spy on everyday people who are not a terrorist.

[KeiserSosay4788]

You do know that laws can be passed without public knowledge right? Just because it's wrong doesn't mean the US government won't do it.

[BlackRock]

that's why they are people fighting for freedom one such i can think of is http://demandprogress.org/

[killyourfm]

...and what's your argument for the Patriot Act?

[BlackRock]

http://demandprogress.org/ fights all the bills witch the Government try's to pass remember SOPA & PIPA well it wasn't the Government that killed it, it was the people of America and others from UK France US Canada even the Germans were in on the fight against them..

[THC CELL]

Freedom of speech in UK is getting beyond just look at some of the arrest due to facebook n twitter even tho the comment was out of order

[tigertron]

Not to mention the fact that our UK government is selling surveillance technology to oppressive regimes.

It wouldn't surprise me if Cameron allowed consoles to be hacked.

[OhReginald]

If you are not doing any illegal you have nothing to worry about.

[rdgneoz3]

Yet they can still say they're just checking to make sure you're not, and go through all your private stuff in the process. Do you not care if they look private conversations between you and your family/friends?

I'm not doing anything illegal, but I still don't want the f***ers to go through my sh!t.

[OhReginald]

what are you hiding in your folders? child pornography perhaps?

Like I said, if you are not doing anything illegal, you have NOTHING to worry about.

[Liquid_Ocelot]

@OhReginald

How fucking immature, Jesus. My privacy is is exactly that, private! Fuck them, there's no reason for them to be snooping around people's stuff.
I thought there was a law that said the US couldn't spy on themselves? They would trade "intel" with the British

[tigertron]

So you'd be cool with me just walking into your home and rummaging through your stuff? I wouldn't, so why would you be cool if strangers went looking through your personal stuff?

[SneeringImperialist]

Shut up, you ignorant troll.

[outlawlife]

people act like they can't see anything anyone does on game consoles already

if the general public had any idea how many "ins" a company has into a console or a phone they'd probably piss themselves

[Sarobi]

It kind of feels like we're slowly being caged..hmm

[Trekster_Gamer]

this is bull

[BitbyDeath]

This is just natural evolution, a war is overdue and everyone knows it.