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If the NSA is capble of MITM attacks, Google laying their own Fiber seems not like a good solution. What would prevent the NSA from going into the ocean and ta
by balls187 12y ago
If the NSA is capble of MITM attacks, Google laying their own Fiber seems not like a good solution.
What would prevent the NSA from going into the ocean and tapping direct?
- ewoodrich 12y agoEncryption? Or the relative difficulty of needing to use a submarine of some sort, instead of tapping directly into Room 641A, for example?
- balls187 12y agoCertainly getting at Room 641A would be easier, but for the US Government, nothing seems out of reach, resource wise. Forgive my ignorance, but I thought the revelation was that the NSA can routinely break encryption schemes. Also, I thought it was against US export law to use certain types of encryption for data leaving the US.
- pacificmint 12y agoOf course encryption would help. But for that you don't need your own fiber. So balls187's point still stands. > Or the relative difficulty of needing to use a submarine of some sort They overcame that difficulty. The USS Jimmy Carter was specifically outfitted to be able to tap into undersea cables.