Brazil builds undersea internet cable to protect online privacy

[politicus]

Good for them.

http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2015/04/start/brazilian-sea-spanner

"Angered by Edward Snowden's revelations on the wiretapping habits of tri-lettered American agencies, Brazil is taking the internet into its own hands -- and giving Uncle Sam the middle finger. Right now most internet traffic between South America and Europe travels through the overly inquisitive US, but that's about to change. Next year, Brazil's Telebrás and Spain's IslaLink will begin laying £120 million worth of undersea internet cable to span the 5,600km of Atlantic Ocean between Fortaleza, Brazil, and Lisbon, Portugal. The Americans can just follow their allies' activities on Facebook like everyone else."

[dead0man]

Good for them (and internet traffic).  I doubt it will stop other entities from snooping on their facebook updates though.

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

Yes, the faux-outraged reaction from Europe and the BRICS is really quite hypocritical.