Spy agencies tapping undersea internet cables

snubbleste

Given that we now know that undersea internet cables are now intercepted and data harvested where they come ashore worldwide by UK or US intelligence..
Does the majority of Ireland's internet traffic come through the UK? Is there an undersea link to the US?

Are we being spied upon?

Billy86

So you're telling me I can fish for internet?

fluke

I blame Captain Birdseye. Always something fishy about him

Conmaicne Mara

So, people think spying is new huh.

Don't know about the rest of you but there's nothing going in or out of my email account worth spying on.

expectationlost

snubbleste wrote: »

Given that we now know that undersea internet cables are now intercepted and data harvested where they come ashore worldwide by UK or US intelligence..
Does the majority of Ireland's internet traffic come through the UK? Is there an undersea link to the US?

Are we being spied upon?

yes of course

Guill

Think 99.999999% of us are safe. Unless they are looking for good porn sites or access to the 40 quid in my account they won't be looking at me.

Lando Griffin

Thats why I have WiFi comes through the air you see.

Karl Stein

snubbleste wrote: »

Is there an undersea link to the US?

Yep.

MadsL

Spying on people?

Pfffft! Conspiracy theories that

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> way mate?









was that OK? Yeah, they'll never know. OK. See you later.

theblaqueguy

Yeah of course were being spied on
Its the NSA have you not been watching the news . Its all part of their plan for global domination!
You heard it here first!
You have been warned!
The end times are nearly upon us!
I hope your all prepared!

meath4sam

Undersea Internet = fish surfing the nets.

snubbleste

Carlos Roca wrote: »

Yep.

All our cables go to the UK or US except for a lickle one to Iceland and Canada.

BBDBB

if they are then its pretty certain theres not a damn thing we can do about it

oppenheimer1

Guill wrote: »

Think 99.999999% of us are safe. Unless they are looking for good porn sites or access to the 40 quid in my account they won't be looking at me.

Ireland (republic) is connected to the rest of the world by 12 undersea cables. 10 of these land at the UK, one lands in the US and the other in Canada. Northern Ireland is connected by 6 undersea cables to mainland UK. One of those connections is a spur on a cable to Canada.

The idea that only terrorists are spied on is a nonsense. Irish people or companies and the government can and do have valuable intellectual property. One should not forget that the Irish Government IT network was attacked by a sophisticated tailored phishing or spear phishing attack only a couple of months ago.

NuckingFacker

I'm guessing they've blocked my output at this stage. There's a limit to how much shyte even a super-computer can trawl through.