U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves – over internet cables

Re:U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves – over internet... by pphysch on Friday April 07, 2023 @12:47PM (#35483803)

Did we learn nothing from the weather balloon circus?

Monitoring the weather = surveiling the weather = spying on the weather = spying = spying on Americans

It's a game of deranged telephone, fueled by the billion-dollar anti-China propaganda industry.

Similarly, did a Chinese OEM implement a SNMP daemon in their gear? Oh no, their literally spying on us1!11

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Re:U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves – over internet... by SoylentYellow on Friday April 07, 2023 @01:53PM (#35484633)

I'm amazed anyone still buys China's "weather balloon" lie. A weather balloon that large and expensive is a major project. It would have a project leader, project webpage, articles and conference papers, sharing of data, government permits for operation, and all kinds of other artifacts that China could trivially point out proving it was a weather balloon. Instead, China has consistently refused to even give a single name or company associated with it. It is the most secretive "weather balloon" I have ever seen.

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Re:U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves – over internet... by pphysch on Friday April 07, 2023 @02:49PM (#35485429)

Buddy, the USAF also shot down weather "spy balloons" from a hobbyist club in the Midwest. You are vastly overestimating the seriousness of this affair.

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Re:U.S. and China wage war beneath the waves – over internet... by SoylentYellow on Saturday April 08, 2023 @03:43AM (#35491411)

Buddy, I never said anything about the subsequent balloons. Don’t try to deflect from the point you know I’m making: the first balloon was clearly not a weather balloon.

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