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chicago guy

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7. Tap?

Reply to 7962 (Reply #2)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 05:35 PM

Feb 2014

One would think the cable would be fiber. While fiber can be tapped. The cable operator can see the fiber and tell how long it is and every tap (splice) on the entire length shows up on a OTDR. If it is wire the wire can be tapped without touching the cable. Fiber is the most secure and for a budget of 185M it will be used.

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Brazil, Europe Plan Undersea Cable To Skirt U.S. Spying [View all] Purveyor Feb 2014 OP

K & R. n/t Judi Lynn Feb 2014 #1

...and when some country(US) cuts the cable with a bomb? AllTooEasy Feb 2014 #18

Because there's NO WAY anyone could figure out how to tap a cable. Brilliant! nt 7962 Feb 2014 #2

It's a lot harder than tapping radio. C_eh_N_eh_D_eh Feb 2014 #5

I think thats a much better option too. And a lot of this story is probably fluff anyway 7962 Feb 2014 #12

Tap? chicago guy Feb 2014 #7

This cable will be fiber optics. RC Feb 2014 #13

$185 million seems cheap for that distance and the logistical challenges. geek tragedy Feb 2014 #3

Seriously? Has no one in Brasil ever heard of Operation Ivy Bells? Blue_Tires Feb 2014 #4

Surely they know that a cable is vulnerable to eavesdropping? BillZBubb Feb 2014 #6

I can't really blame them, but we can tap into it on the ocean floor. Common Sense Party Feb 2014 #8

The submarine USS Halibut tapped undersea cables regularly Submariner Feb 2014 #9

Also, USS Jimmy Carter. 7962 Feb 2014 #10

Beat me to it jpak Feb 2014 #14

Yup Operation Ivy Bells wocaonimabi Feb 2014 #17

meanwhile in the US, govt and corporations are strangling the internet fast as possible nt msongs Feb 2014 #11

these people have never heard of encryption? how can that be?...nt quadrature Feb 2014 #15

this should make it easier for Brazil and the European countries involved to spy on one another. olddad56 Feb 2014 #19

And what about the spying that they do? SoapBox Feb 2014 #16