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Governments dont have authority outside of their borders. They cannot force foreign ISP to give over the same information. Therefore they could only mirror node
by alt227 3y ago
Governments dont have authority outside of their borders. They cannot force foreign ISP to give over the same information. Therefore they could only mirror nodes on IP addresses issued to companies in their country.
- throwaway48476 3y agoGovernments will just get other governments to let them tap their fiber.
- alt227 3y agoRight, like China and Russia are going to let USA tap their fibre?
- throwaway48476 3y agoConveniently, tor nodes are blocked by the Chinese and Russian governments.
- alt227 3y agoYour post was 'Governments will just get other governments to let them tap their fiber.' You have, conveniently, moved your point back to tor when I pointed out the folly of your statement.
- throwaway48476 3y agoThe discussion is about tor. If you look at the countries where tor nodes are hosted fiber tapping is a relevant attack vector.
- alt227 3y agoAnd I was pointing out that governments need to be on particularly friendly terms to achieve this, which doesnt make it a universal attack vector. Here, have an example: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/10409098/Japan-turned-down-NSA-request-to-tap-into-fibre-optic-data-cables.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/104090...