From: | shadowrn@*********.com (Downtym) |
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Subject: | Tapping fibre-optic lines (was Re: Viability/Use of Foreign |
Date: | Mon Jun 24 13:15:01 2002 |
> A good guess, Thorger, and possibly (probably?) correct under today's
> technology, but according to the novel, incorrect by 2054; it seems to be a
> similar principle to EM induction. <digs out novel> What the hell; I'll
> quote the entire in-character conversation here (it's only a few paragraphs,
> so I presume it falls under 'fair use')....
> <snip>
According to a report that I read a year or two back during the whole
Echelon/Carnivore unveilings, the U.S. Navy supposedly put a tap on
the fiber intercontinental line that runs across the Atlantic.
[I suddenly feel like I'm in one of the sourcebooks...LET ME OUT!]
Downtym |
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