latest Snowden docs show NSA intercepts all Google and Yahoo DC-to-DC traffic

Fri Nov 1 18:35:12 UTC 2013

> On 11/01/2013 01:08 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:

[...]

>
> Given what we now know about the breadth of the NSA operations, and the
> likelihood that this is still only the tip of the iceberg - would anyone
> still point to NSA guidance on avoiding monitoring with any sort of
> confidence?
>
> There has always been cognitive dissonance in the dual roles of the NSA:
> 1. The NSA monitors.
> 2. The NSA provides guidance on how to avoid being monitored.
>
> Conflict?
>
> -DMM
>
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