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Cisco slams NSA for intercepting packages en route to customers (thedesk.net)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As we hear about the pagers in Lebanon that injured more than 2,700 people today, a reminder that one of the things that came out of the Ed Snowden leaks is that the NSA intercepts packages en route to customers to install malware and surveillance devices.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

That's awesome.

I suspect there's still ample opportunity for the NSA/etc (indeed any state actor) to interfere with shipping at almost any point and have disclosure that it happened be a crime.