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For 18 Minutes, 15% of the Internet Routed Through China

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-bet-it's-nice-to-visit dept.

olsmeister writes "For 18 minutes this past April, 15% of the world's internet traffic was routed through servers in China. This includes traffic from both .gov and .mil US TLDs." The crazy thing is that this happened months ago, and nobody noticed. Hope you're encrypting your super-secret stuff.

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  1. Imagine how china feels by js3 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    when that 18mins is over and all their stuff goes through American servers

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  2. The Chinese aren't the reason to use encryption by Christianfreak · · Score: 5, Insightful

    There are plenty of reasons to use encryption but the Chinese government just isn't one of them for me. If I view something they don't like, what exactly are they going to do? I suppose they could block my access but it's not like I would get thrown in a Chinese prison.

    I have a lot more to worry about from identity thieves, scams and heck, my own government.

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  3. and on the other side of the world... by schlachter · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Chinese Headlines claim for a period of nearly 21,018,240 minutes...nearly 100% of Internet traffic has been routed through the United States....wonder if they're worried about the balance of power?

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