It's not always the NSA. Some of my datacenter friends told me stories about times when "a box" would appear and they were officially to not go within 6 feet o

It's not always the NSA. Some of my datacenter friends told me stories about times when "a box" would appear and they were officially to not go within 6 feet of it. Of course, actually working on neighboring customer boxes meant sometimes violating that (without telling anyone), but for the most part they would stay away. I seem to recall they were chasing down online pill vendors this way. One little box with power and two Ethernet ports can collect a whole bunch of evidence, after all. They get what they need, and then they remove it. This was 10 years ago... or more. I can only imagine what happens now.