<p>Kivuva,</p>
<p>I see the hypocricy and citizens can never be sure that their governments will not spy on them especially incase of change of government (and Laws) in their countries.</p>
<p>Yes, the current governments may safeguard privacy rights but what of tomorrows governments?</p>
<p>"The move is also indeed a potentially dangerous first step in fragmenting the global network."</p>
<p>Suresh, I agree indeed, "Chalk this down to marketing hype by a telco salesman that doesn't understand routing."</p>
<p>Regards,</p>
<p>Ephraim Percy Kenyanito<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Sep 20, 2013 7:27 AM, "Kivuva" <<a href="mailto:Kivuva@transworldafrica.com">Kivuva@transworldafrica.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
It seems politicians are mis-advised. Since anybody can access the<br>
services of the so called BRICS, spying will still be the order of the<br>
day.<br>
<br>
Is anybody seeing the hypocrisy? BRICS countries are also known to spy<br>
on their citizens.<br>
<br>
And what about the real reason people access the internet ... access<br>
to content. Will BRICS build alternative Yahoo, Google, Facebook,<br>
Twitter, Skype and the rest?<br>
<br>
Regards<br>
<br>
On 20/09/2013, Diego Rafael Canabarro <<a href="mailto:diegocanabarro@gmail.com">diegocanabarro@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> +1<br>
><br>
> as if all on the Internet was merely related to the "tubes". Seems that<br>
> policy makers are not even reading the basics about the NSA schemes.<br>
><br>
><br>
> On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian<br>
> <<a href="mailto:suresh@hserus.net">suresh@hserus.net</a>>wrote:<br>
><br>
>> This is one of several transcontinental undersea cables. And no guarantee<br>
>> against spying or interception. Chalk this down to marketing hype by a<br>
>> telco salesman that doesn't understand routing.<br>
>><br>
>> --srs (iPad)<br>
>><br>
>> On 20-Sep-2013, at 2:49, Diego Rafael Canabarro<br>
>> <<a href="mailto:diegocanabarro@gmail.com">diegocanabarro@gmail.com</a>><br>
>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> *<br>
>> <a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-brics-independent-internet-in-defiance-of-the-us-centric-internet/5350272" target="_blank">http://www.globalresearch.ca/the-brics-independent-internet-in-defiance-of-the-us-centric-internet/5350272</a><br>
>> *<br>
>><br>
>> *The President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff announces publicly the creation<br>
>> of a world internet system INDEPENDENT from US and Britain ( the<br>
>> “US-centric internet”).*<br>
>><br>
>> *Not many understand that, while the immediate trigger for the decision<br>
>> (coupled with the cancellation of a summit with the US president) was the<br>
>> revelations on NSA spying, the reason why Rousseff can take such a<br>
>> historic<br>
>> step is that the alternative infrastructure: The BRICS cable from<br>
>> Vladivostock,<br>
>> Russia to Shantou, China to Chennai, India to Cape Town, South Africa<br>
>> to<br>
>> Fortaleza, Brazil, is being built and it’s, actually, in its final phase<br>
>> of implementation.*<br>
>><br>
>> *No amount of provocation and attempted “Springs” destabilizations and<br>
>> Color Revolution in the Middle East, Russia or Brazil can stop this<br>
>> process. The huge submerged part of the BRICS plan is not yet known by<br>
>> the<br>
>> broader public.<br>
>> *<br>
>><br>
>> *Nonetheless it is very real and extremely effective. So real that<br>
>> international investors are now jumping with both feet on this<br>
>> unprecedented real economy opportunity. The change… has already<br>
>> happened.*<br>
>><br>
>> Brazil plans to divorce itself from the U.S.-centric Internet over<br>
>> Washington’s widespread online spying, a move that many experts fear will<br>
>> be a potentially dangerous first step toward politically fracturing a<br>
>> global network built with minimal interference by governments.<br>
>><br>
>> President Dilma Rousseff has ordered a series of measures aimed at<br>
>> greater<br>
>> Brazilian online independence and security following revelations that the<br>
>> U.S. National Security Agency intercepted her communications, hacked into<br>
>> the state-owned Petrobras oil company’s network and spied on Brazilians<br>
>> who<br>
>> entrusted their personal data to U.S. tech companies such as Facebook and<br>
>> Google.<br>
>><br>
>> ..<br>
>><br>
>> *BRICS Cable!*<br>
>><br>
>> <a href="http://www.bricscable.com/(see" target="_blank">http://www.bricscable.com/(see</a> video)<br>
>> [image: netw_geo]<br>
>> BRICS Cable… a 34 000 km, 2 fibre pair, 12.8 Tbit/s capacity, fibre optic<br>
>> cable system<br>
>><br>
>> - For any *global investor*, there is *no crisis* – there is *plenty<br>
>> of growth. It’s just not in the old world*<br>
>> - BRICS is ~*45% of the world’s population* and ~*25% of the<br>
>> world’s GDP*<br>
>> - *BRICS* together create an economy the size of* Italy every<br>
>> year*… that’s the 8th largest economy in the world<br>
>> - The *BRICS* presents *profound opportunities* in *global<br>
>> geopolitics and commerce*<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> - Links Russia, China, India, South Africa, Brazil – the BRICS<br>
>> economies – and the United States.<br>
>> - Interconnect with regional and other continental cable systems in<br>
>> Asia, Africa and South America for improved global coverage<br>
>> - Immediate access to 21 African countries and give those African<br>
>> countries access to the BRICS economies.<br>
>> - Projected ready for service date is mid to second half of 2015.<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>> Diego R. Canabarro<br>
>> <a href="http://lattes.cnpq.br/4980585945314597" target="_blank">http://lattes.cnpq.br/4980585945314597</a><br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
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>> diego [at] <a href="http://pubpol.umass.edu" target="_blank">pubpol.umass.edu</a><br>
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