Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster@mykolab.com> writes:
I'll apologize up front if this offends anyone's sensitivities as to what is relevant for list conversation... but one sentence in this Channel4 News story (from what I understand, Channel4 is a very popular news source in the UK) struck me as perhaps in violation of some sort of peering and/or transit agreement. Cable and Wireless:
"...even went as far as providing traffic from a rival foreign communications company, handing information sent by millions of internet users worldwide over to spies."
The entire article is here:
http://www.channel4.com/news/spy-cable-revealed-how-telecoms-firm-worked-wit...
My question is this: Do willful actions such as these violate peering, transit, and/or exchange agreements in any way?
Thanks,
- ferg
Welcome to the modern age of communications. The privacy nuts and tinfoil hat types turned out to be correct. Assume that you have no privacy and encrypt everything you do. Or just stop caring about privacy all together. Either way, not much has actually changed.