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How US National Security Agencies Hold the Internet Hostage

posted by Fnord666 on Friday July 26 2019, @09:12AM   Printer-friendly
from the bureaucratic-sluggishness dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow1984

Team Telecom, a shadowy US national security unit tasked with protecting America's telecommunications systems, is delaying plans by Google, Facebook and other tech companies for the next generation of international fiber optic cables.

Team Telecom comprises representatives from the departments of Defense, Homeland Security, and Justice (including the FBI), who assess foreign investments in American telecom infrastructure, with a focus on cybersecurity and surveillance vulnerabilities.

Team Telecom works at a notoriously sluggish pace, taking over seven years to decide that letting China Mobile operate in the US would "raise substantial and serious national security and law enforcement risks," for instance. And while Team Telecom is working, applications are stalled at the FCC.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/18/how-us-national-security-agencies-hold-the-internet-hostage/

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday July 26 2019, @02:08PM (2 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 26 2019, @02:08PM (#871475) Journal

    Got to over 45C yet or still in the balmy 40-ies range?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 26 2019, @02:52PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 26 2019, @02:52PM (#871491)

    Part of the problem is the housing. You insulate, and care greatly about insulation / air tightness, when it's -40C then +40C almost yearly. Or even just very hot, or just very cold.

    https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/homes/learn-about-professional-opportunities/become-energy-efficient-builder/details-r-2000-standard/20588 [nrcan.gc.ca]

    One standard developed here, includes houses so air tight -- that you need to use heat exchangers. I don't think the Netherlands, with its 400 year old buildings, or new buildings constructed for a horribly cold 4C to 20C, have anywhere near the same levels of insulation as Australian or Canadian homes.

    So don't blame them, not really.

    • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday July 26 2019, @10:57PM

      by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Friday July 26 2019, @10:57PM (#871656) Journal

      Far from my mind to blame the Dutch people; and the typical house in Australia still have a crappy insulation (but, yes, better than a 200yo house).

      What I was trying to convey: the new "normal" in regards with one what would expect from the temperatures around the year.

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