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PRC Targeting of Commercial Telecommunications Infrastructure

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286 points 2OEH8eoCRo0 | 1 comments | 14 Nov 24 00:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.273s | source
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basilgohar ◴[14 Nov 24 01:07 UTC] No.42132069[source]▶
> and the copying of certain information that was subject to U.S. law enforcement requests pursuant to court orders

Is this legal speak for saying, "They're using our backdoors without our permission."?

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mikestew ◴[14 Nov 24 01:09 UTC] No.42132086[source]▶
I think so?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42043010

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Cyph0n ◴[14 Nov 24 01:31 UTC] No.42132218[source]▶
Does this mean that they were able to (ab)use LI infra?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawful_interception

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halJordan ◴[14 Nov 24 03:13 UTC] No.42132784[source]▶
Yes. What no one here bothers to even mention is that APTs have been doing this very thing since the 2004 Athens Affair. It didn't feed into the sanctimony so it isn't mentioned.
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1. Cyph0n ◴[14 Nov 24 03:52 UTC] No.42133012[source]▶
I was just reading about the Greece incident linked on the wiki page. Absolutely staggering stuff - none of which I heard of before!