Following the attacks on Paris on Friday, speculation started flying about how the terrorists communicated.<br />Belgian interior minister Jan Jambon's comments about Sony's PlayStation 4 being "even more difficult to keep track of than WhatsApp" rose to the surface and grabbed headlines — but those comments came three days before the Paris attacks.<br />They were unrelated.<br />Jambon had said that terror networks are increasingly using Sony's PS4 console to communicate and plan their attacks.<br />This has led to speculation that governments will start snooping more closely on conversations within gaming chats, as they have in mobile apps.<br />Jambon's comments are problematic, in that they frame PS4 as a technically more complicated platform to monitor.<br />More than a technology issue, though, it's simply difficult for authorities to chase terrorist groups across different media platforms.
