Assange and NSA

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 2014-05-27 at 21:05 +0400, Reco wrote:
> On Tue, 27 May 2014 18:09:56 +0200
> Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net> wrote:
> 
> > In Germany we are aware that the NSA does absolutely control German Internet nodes.
> 
> And most American large enterprises are using SAP ERP (R/3), which is
> made by Germany-based enterprise :)
> 
> See - control works both ways.

Two very different animals, > 50% of the world's biggest Internet node
De-Cix in Frankfurt is owned by Cogent, Level 3 and other US companies.

("Mehr als die Hälfte der Datenströme im Umfeld des De-Cix werden von
amerikanischen Unternehmen wie Cogent oder Level 3 betrieben." -
http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/nsa-spionage-am-frankfurter-netzknoten-der-bequemere-weg-zu-den-datenstroemen-12269650.html )