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I acknowledge my own paranoia, but is there any chance this wasn't vandalism, but is a cover story for the NSA installing equipment on the fiber?
by codezero 11y ago
I acknowledge my own paranoia, but is there any chance this wasn't vandalism, but is a cover story for the NSA installing equipment on the fiber?
- Alupis 11y agoOr, going down the rabbit hole, the government sabotaging fiber lines to stir up public support for "protecting" the internet, more surveillance, etc. The quote keeps getting kicked around on most media outlets: "Our internet infrastructure stands practically unprotected".
- codezero 11y agoIt sounds crazy, but at this point, why not.
- ethanbond 11y agoI've never heard anyone use that in terms of physical infrastructure. I've heard our other physical infrastructure is unprotected (which is true) and our internet isn't protected against cyberattacks (which I guess is vaguely true?)
- skolor 11y agoWhy wouldn't they just drop their equipment and leave? Cutting cables causes a noticeable outage and requires people to physically visit the point of modification, which ruins the covert potential for such equipment.
- codezero 11y agoPossibly there's no way to install the equipment in a way that won't interrupt service. Also, such an approach would give the fiber company plausible deniability if they were ever called out for supporting NSA data collection.
- 2close4comfort 11y agounless you your install is downstream of the cut and action of the cable cutting is both to interrupt service and to cause a distraction...
- TeMPOraL 11y agoI vote for this being fully private operation - someone trying to sabotage their competition, or some HFT shenanigans.