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The NSA already has full access to google’s data centers. If they want your password they’ll just sniff it in-flight. https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-the-
by basil-rash 3y ago
The NSA already has full access to google’s data centers. If they want your password they’ll just sniff it in-flight.
https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-the-nsa-and-the-need-for-locking-down-datacenter-traffic/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-the-nsa-and-the-need-fo...
- saalweachter 3y agoSince 2013, Google has switched to encrypting in transit across unsecured fiber: https://cloud.google.com/docs/security/encryption-in-transit#physical_boundaries https://cloud.google.com/docs/security/encryption-in-transit...
- infamouscow 3y agoThey don't get the benefit of the doubt. I've lost count of how many times these agencies have been caught illegally spying only to apologize and keep doing it in secret. There's probably even a Wikipedia page of all the whistleblowers.
- basil-rash 3y agoEven if they don’t have free reign over every bit of data (unlikely), there are certainly automated systems that will give them free access to any account they wish upon delivery of a rubber stamped “warrant”, signed by an anonymous “judge” in a secret court.
- Phlarp 3y agoDon't even need that, just an emergency data request sent from a compromised municipal police email account. 1)https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/emergency-data-request/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/emergency-data-request/ 2)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30842757 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30842757
- johndough 3y ago> There's probably even a Wikipedia page of all the whistleblowers. This list does exist. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_whistleblowers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance_whistleblo...