Stories
Slash Boxes
Comments

SoylentNews is people

SoylentNews is powered by your submissions, so send in your scoop. Only 10 submissions in the queue.

Spies Would Need SUPER POWERS to Tap Undersea Cables.

posted by janrinok on Friday September 19 2014, @07:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the unless-they-were-'accidentally'-broken dept.

AnonTechie writes:

The Register has found itself subject to a certain amount of criticism for this author's skepticism ( Richard Chirgwin http://www.theregister.co.uk/Author/2242 ) regarding whether the NSA has been snooping on optical fibre cables by cutting them.

Glenn Greenwald's recent “NSA cut New Zealand's cables” story is illustrative of credibility problems that surround the ongoing Edward Snowden leak stories: everybody is too willing to accept that “if it's classified, it must be because it's true”, and along the way, attribute super-powers to spy agencies.

In running the line that undersea cables were cut, Greenwald is straying far enough from what's feasible and credible that his judgement on other claims needs to be questioned. It seems to The Register almost certain that neither Glenn Greenwald nor Edward Snowden have actually held a submarine fibre cable in their hands.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/18/spies_arent_superheroes/

Do you think that it is credible that these undersea fibre cables were tapped when it is easier to tap onshore installations?

 
This discussion has been archived. No new comments can be posted.
Spies Would Need SUPER POWERS to Tap Undersea Cables. | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 41 comments | Search Discussion
Display Options Threshold/Breakthrough Mark All as Read Mark All as Unread
The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way.

  • (Score: 1, Troll) by JNCF on Friday September 19 2014, @08:49PM

    by JNCF (4317) on Friday September 19 2014, @08:49PM (#95653) Journal

    You idiots think the NSA is eavesdropping on us all, don't you? Ha! Shows what you know. The NSA would have to have SUPER HEARING to listen in on all of our conversations! You think they track all of our movements constantly? What do they have, X-RAY VISION? You think the government just has people FLYING AROUND THE SKY watching us all? Laughable! The government doesn't have SUPER POWERS. It seems to The Register almost certain that neither Glenn Greenwald nor Edward Snowden have ever flown around the greater Metropolis area using their Kryptonian powers to spy on a multitude of law abiding citizens and neerdowells alike. What, do you morons think that your dystopian government with an absurd black budget possesses technology and operating procedures that aren't public knowledge? Ha! Clearly the US government is incapable of tapping into undersea cables...

    Starting Score:    1  point
    Moderation   0  
       Troll=2, Redundant=1, Funny=1, Underrated=2, Total=6
    Extra 'Troll' Modifier   0  
    Total Score:   1  

  • (Score: 2) by SlimmPickens on Saturday September 20 2014, @12:24AM

    by SlimmPickens (1056) on Saturday September 20 2014, @12:24AM (#95709)

    Troll huh?

    lol

    • (Score: 2) by dcollins on Saturday September 20 2014, @12:53AM

      by dcollins (1168) on Saturday September 20 2014, @12:53AM (#95712) Homepage

      SUPER TROLL!!!

    • (Score: 2) by jcross on Saturday September 20 2014, @01:14AM

      by jcross (4009) on Saturday September 20 2014, @01:14AM (#95717)

      The moderator must have thought that whooshing sound was just superman flying by.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 20 2014, @06:24AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday September 20 2014, @06:24AM (#95775)

      Someone's sarcasm detector is badly broken.