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Cable cuts, conspiracies, and lolsubs...

• dmm 19y ago
  These lines don't have to be cut to be tapped. And if they did wouldn't the tappers reconnect them? It doesn't make sense that three are broken simultaneously. Are there three Jimmy Carter subs? Plus, I'm pretty use that they can tell where these things are cut. Wouldn't a tap be found when they go to repair it?
  • drm237 19y ago
    The idea was that while they sub is tapping the line, another ship actually breaks the line a distance away. That way, there isn't any reason to wonder why the line failed for period of time and when they go to fix it, they will be a ways away from where the actual tap is. It's probably not true, but an interesting theory anyway.
    • a-priori 19y ago
      They would be testing for the distance to the break from at least one end, probably both. Two separate breaks would be quickly discovered.
      • paulgb 19y ago
        Presumably, they would be done with installing the bug before they started to repair the cable, so this wouldn't be an issue.
• bfioca 19y ago
  The ratio of noise to signal on community news sites alarms me more than the possibility of this kind of conspiracy. I'm getting more worried that it'll start to happen here.
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