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		ChrisAntaki on Aug 28, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google's end-to-end key distribution proposal > The whole PRISM scandal was indicating that the NSA had some kind of direct link into the databases themselves. Though, as Google and Yahoo later found out, the NSA was directly tapping cables between their data centers [1]. [1] http://www.wired.com/2013/10/nsa-hacked-yahoo-google-cables/

skj on Aug 28, 2014 [–]

That appears to be several things:

1) True.

2) Consistent with statements made by Google.

3) Quickly mitigated by Google when it began encrypting traffic between data centers.

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