Karl and Glen write,
> > > If there were a distributed mechanism in place (think Tor), > > > these problems would go away. I don't know what that mechanism > > > is - but it's the answer :-) > > > > The problem with distributed mechanisms is that you don't know who > > owns them. It's simple enough to NSA to own enough of them to have a > > high probability of collecting the metadata it desires. > > It's statistics - there are few major carriers, so corrupting one gets > the bad guys (yes, I mean the NSA - is there any better description?) > heaps and heaps of data. Spread stuff around, and it becomes > statistically far less likely that any particular communication involves > a corrupted node. As much as I hope you are right Karl ... here's a map showing that by 2012 the NSA has placed 50,000 High-Speed Optical Cable access points worldwide <http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/11/report-nsa-planted-malware- spans-five-continents-50000-computer-networks/> Cheers, Stephen Message sent using MelbPC WebMail Server _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
