There are only three intercontinental data cables from South America to the rest of the world that do NOT touch the USA at some point. Whether or not the USAs NSA taps them is unknown, but you can be sure that the ones that touch the USA also touch the NSA. This does mean that almost all voice and internet communications going out of South America to the world can easily be scooped right up by the NSA. I have details on this linked public post on my personal Google+ stream. No need to have a Google account to read, but if you do, feel free to comment here or there. If you have a Google, Gmail, Android, YouTube, Picasa ID, you already are a member of Google+. If you have seriously political comments, Id prefer you engage with me and others at Google rather than get deep into politics here on the Uruguay Expat Life. is.gd/bXiMxu. Youre also invited to comment on my personal Facebook post about it on my own FB Timeline if your prefer to stay in Facebook-land. (https://facebook/marcoscristoforo/posts/446774515432924) NSA doesnt care which you use, they have all of them already! :-) I dont usually post things related to politics on our Uruguay page, but this also may be of interest simply from the Uruguay Communications perspective. Some expats, travelers, immigrants, have concerns about privacy and government surveillance. Of course, in Uruguay, the government owns the phone company. Im connected via UY-owned Antel on the fiber-optic-to-home service right now (a free upgrade yesterday from DSL). Yet I think it is more likely that the USA government is breaking in than the Uruguay government is tapping in. Given this post is public, guys, save the effort!
Posted on: Wed, 06 Nov 2013 20:25:59 +0000
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