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by Notatheist
830 days ago
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I'm a technical artist not a security researcher so could someone here elaborate on the supposed threat? Assuming a genuine Russian/Chinese state hacker/outfit, what damage could they cause and how much of that damage would legislation such as this prevent? |
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You want to listen to what they want to do before they do something to your country. This is what this thing allows you to do: every internet packet transiting through the Dutch internet exchanges will be "scanned" (largely read-only).
However:
> The powers granted to the services are broad, but also largely ‘read-only’.
Largely `read-only`, the way I read it, means that in some cases they can actually replace whatever is going through the cable.
I imagine something like:
- terrorist A and B are texting each others, and you replace some of the text that they are sending each other (before this is received over the phone, because you own the "hop"), so that you can maybe redirect them straight into the police hands.
If done properly, I believe this can prevent quite some bad damage - not the simple example above, but probably also major things like serious attacks (e.g., ransom attacks on public institutions, etc). That's my guess - how easy or realistic this is, I can't tell you.