[chiph]

you probably shouldn't trust your leased fiber with unencrypted data.

Or even your own fiber (Google owns tens of thousands of miles of it). There's nothing to prevent the black-hat guys from digging down to a cable in the middle of nowhere and installing an optical tap. Especially if they did it before commissioning, after which signal levels would start being monitored.

[voidlogic]

>Google owns tens of thousands of miles of it

If this haven't already I imagine they will be hiring security forces to patrol and inspect.

[judk]

Even still, field techs, in lonely outposts, are easier targets than tech that are part of an onsite team.