The U.S. has established seven monitoring stations across the country, tapping into internet users’ data for the past twenty years.
  • blobjim [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    I wonder what kind of useful info they actually get from monitoring network cables these days? source and destination IP address?

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OPEnglish
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      1 hour ago

      That’s a big part of it, but it’s also worth noting that intelligence agencies collect encrypted data as well because it might be possible to break the encryption in the future.

    • freagle@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
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      2 hours ago

      Yes, they are mapping human networks because humans are the weakest link in any security. Once you know who’s talking with whom, when, where, and how frequently, you can essentially get anything you need by finding the weakest links and exploiting them.