PRISM scandal: internet exchange points as targets for surveillance

[ka9yhd]

"At least some of the data traffic coming through the German internet exchange point DE-CIX is diverted to German intelligence and other agencies. This was confirmed by an expert connected to the company that runs the internet exchange point, talking to The H's associates at heise online. The peak load at DE-CIX, which claims to be the world's largest internet exchange point, is currently measured at more than 2.5 Tbit/s. Over 500 peering partners, including most of the major internet providers, use the more than 700 10Gbit/s and 200 Gbit/s ports, and the peering platform is due to be expanded to 100 Gbit/s connections in the next few months"

http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/PRISM-scandal-internet-exchange-points-as-targets-for-surveillance-1909989.html

[melodie]

What about it? Are they linking more data through different countries?

Again about Prism: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/07/03/us-usa-security-snowden-idUSBRE9610C520130703

Bolivia said the incident, in which the plane was denied permission to fly over France and Portugal before making a stop in Vienna, was an act of aggression and a violation of international law.

[melodie]

The article I posted is about the spying and data collection that Germany is doing, but Germany has demanded that the US stop spying.


But it is ok for Germany to do the same as the US?

Spying keeps they busy, right? If they spy each other I would not mind, and probably wouldn't you either
What and who are they spying on? The people? Then it is very mean of them!