U.S. Nuke Agency Buys Internet Backbone Data (www.404media.co)

submitted 5 months ago by Bangs42@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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A U.S. government agency tasked with supporting the nation’s nuclear deterrence capability has bought access to a data tool that claims to cover more than 90 percent of the world’s internet traffic, and can in some cases let users trace activity through virtual private networks, according to documents obtained by 404 Media.

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[-] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 14 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

oh i absolutely do believe that

seller of the "tool" claims that

and that

they spent taxpayers' money on it

other than that, i call bullshit 😆

[-] SteefLem@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Reminds me of the movie Sneakers, where they steal a master key that deciphers everything… sure…

[-] psychonova 3 points 5 months ago

never forget that even the tor project had a relationship with Team Cymru that everyone likes to pretend was just a normal thing for them to do.. Team Cymru is kiinda creepy

[-] refalo@programming.dev 3 points 5 months ago

wait until you find out where computers and the internet came from.

[-] electricprism@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

If Tesla won and Edison didn't imagine not even needing data over wired DC when the entire internet could be wireless AC.

[-] drspod@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

1/r^2

[-] refalo@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago

And people still think those calling it "crimeflare" or "mitmflare" are crazy...

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