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Re:Facebook, Instagram go down around the world in an appare... by samstave on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @08:58PM (#19385572)
And they have been using the USS Jimmy Carter sub with the front huge cable splice bay for decades to compromise all undersea cables.

>>>The New York Times reported in 2005 that the USS Jimmy Carter, a highly advanced submarine that was the only one of its class built, had a capability to tap undersea cables. An Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers report speculated that a 45-foot extension added to the Jimmy Carter provided this capability by allowing engineers to bring the cable up into a floodable chamber to install a tap. But it is unlikely that the USS Jimmy Carter routinely taps cables since U.S. intelligence agencies can much more easily (and lawfully) obtain cable data through taps at above-ground cable landing stations.

https://www.lawfareblog.com/evaluating-russian-threat-unders...

Re:Facebook, Instagram go down around the world in an appare... by dontbenebby on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @11:31PM (#19386312)
I wonder how Jimmy Carter feels about his namesake being used to wiretap the world?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2014/03...

Re:Facebook, Instagram go down around the world in an appare... by samstave on Wednesday March 13, 2019 @11:42PM (#19386369)
It was a known FU to carter...
Re:Facebook, Instagram go down around the world in an appare... by dontbenebby on Friday March 15, 2019 @11:23AM (#19400508)
But the USS Jimmy Carter launched in 2004:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Jimmy_Carter

I don't think he made any pre-Snowden comments on mass surveillance?