The CIA/NSF does not pay any one off. They just twist an arm or two and they have all the access they want. At least that is what one of them did out in CA about 2001 or 2002 when they put in their equipment into the AT&T network and started listening.
Jon On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 5:53 PM, James Hill > <[email protected]> wrote: > > However if you feel you have to run a vpn then I'd say get a better > provider. > > I'd rather be safe than sorry. People used to think cleartext > Telnet wasn't worth worrying about either. Or email. Or whatever. > They've always been proved wrong in time. I don't want my employer to > be the next statistic. Especially given that industrial espionage is > increasing at an astronomical pace. All it would take is one guy > working at the carrier getting paid off by the Chinese. (Or the CIA, > if you're not US.) > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
