In a recent interview, Belgium's deputy prime Minister and Minister of Security and Home affairs Jan Jambon commented that it is indeed difficult to encrypt the messages communicated through Sony's PlayStation.
The interview was held after the recent terrorist attacks in Paris and he further stated that the international security agencies find it really difficult to track or encrypt messages from PS4 than WhatsApp. This could be the main reason why terrorist prefer communication over PS4.
He also added that this feature of PlayStation 4 has been making it difficult for security agents and that everyone are always at the threat of communication that is happening over PS4, in spite of the security techniques, according to Euro Gamer.
Jan Jambon put forward his opinion during a debate organized by Politico, and Politico has also published a video that features further comments from Jambon regarding this issue. He also added that the most sensitive information between terrorists is to communicate through PS4 making, PS4 the favorite communication system among many terrorists around the world, said report.
However, Sony released an official statement as a response to Jambon's arguments and the note contained the following clarification from their side. The note was communicated to Eurogamer and stated that:
"PlayStation allows for communication between friends and other fellow gamers. This can be done through all the modern connected devices. PlayStation has the potential to be abused. However, we do understand the responsibility we possess towards our customers. All our customers are requested to immediately report any kind of offensive or suspicious activities and our team will work towards initiating immediate measures to control such illegal activities."