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Thanks to Snowden, we now know it to be factually true.
by grecy 7y ago
Thanks to Snowden, we now know it to be factually true.
- SiempreViernes 7y agoWell, I think Snowden told us the tapping happens at the exchanges mainly. Was there a lot of cutting and splicing?
- kitteh 7y agoThe cable landing stations are an easier location to tap the subsea stuff. If you tour one there are rooms they won't let you in.
- creato 7y ago> If you tour one there are rooms they won't let you in. I mean, I'd kind of expect not to be allowed in everywhere in such a facility for many reasons. You can't go anywhere you want in all kinds of public infrastructure (water treatment plants, power plants, etc.).
- catalogia 7y agoDo we? I'm under the impression they can install taps on fiber without disrupting service by bending the fiber just precisely right that a small amount of light bleeds out, or something like that.
- etrautmann 7y agoThere's an evanescent wave that can be detected if a short radius bend is introduced. I would imagine that this would introduce attenuation that might be detectable?
- netheril96 7y agoBut mistakes happen.
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- djsumdog 7y agoThe leaks about tapping international fiber cables predate Snowden by years. I remember NPR articles about that in 2008.