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I wager they have control of many root CAs. They could literally MITM any connection they want to.
by nwh 13y ago
I wager they have control of many root CAs. They could literally MITM any connection they want to.
- jonknee 13y agoThis is the best guess if you take both the leaked documents and the companies' denials as accurate. They can use a real prism to duplicate the fiber traffic before/after Google/Apple/Facebook's servers and their root certs to take a peek within.
- tlack 13y agoDo you have any more information about how viable this would be? It's a threat I hadn't considered before.
- jonknee 13y agoThey're definitely doing the fiber portion, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A
- joonix 13y agoBut those companies have data centers all over the world. It's not like all data goes through one pipe ...
- bas 13y agoIf the NSA were specifically interested in YOUR communications, MITM would be the least of your problems.