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Why wouldn't they just drop their equipment and leave? Cutting cables causes a noticeable outage and requires people to physically visit the point of modificati
by skolor 11y ago
Why wouldn't they just drop their equipment and leave? Cutting cables causes a noticeable outage and requires people to physically visit the point of modification, which ruins the covert potential for such equipment.
- codezero 11y agoPossibly there's no way to install the equipment in a way that won't interrupt service. Also, such an approach would give the fiber company plausible deniability if they were ever called out for supporting NSA data collection.
- 2close4comfort 11y agounless you your install is downstream of the cut and action of the cable cutting is both to interrupt service and to cause a distraction...