NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers worldwide

Re:NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers world... by zachrose on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @02:14PM (#6642070)

Google doesn't actually own the underwater cables though. So isn't the analogy more like sending things through a LAN in a building that you're renting?

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Re:NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers world... by DannyBee on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @04:55PM (#6643318)

http://gigaom.com/2008/02/25/googlenet-update-google-buys-a-...

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Re:NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers world... by dsl on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @05:58PM (#6643713)

From the link:

> Google is buying a piece of a new transpacific fiber optic cable

Only a half dozen or so companies actually own undersea fiber. It requires a huge amount of effort to lay and maintain including hundred million dollar cable ships.

Everyone (even Google) leases, or in this case buys, capacity on shared cables.

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Re:NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers world... by generj on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @08:37PM (#6644569)

Google has the cash to lay their own now though.

Or just buy a company which does.

I wouldn't be surprised if they do so in the future.

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Re:NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers world... by crucifiction on Wednesday October 30, 2013 @11:30PM (#6645055)

What is the point? If they can tap the cables it seems like owning your own just causes a false sense of security.

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Re:NSA infiltrates links to Yahoo, Google data centers world... by generj on Thursday October 31, 2013 @09:08AM (#6646540)

It provides better legal grounds to sue.

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