I think you're not up-to-date in this... The Internet might have been a US operation, but today its present in every country. Therefore, i don't think that the USA have the right to shut it off. Better get in touch with the rest of the world, lad.
There's dozens of Mom and Pa Internet shops that simply aren't going to do it
But those are usually connected to a bigger carrier... And as carnivore sits on top of the hierarchy, they are targeted too... The only way to make sure no one scans your data would be a direct connection to a backbone, and even then it could run through some boxes like carnivore... I don't think the USA is the only country usings such things...
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I think you're not up-to-date in this... The Internet might have been a US operation, but today its present in every country. Therefore, i don't think that the USA have the right to shut it off. Better get in touch with the rest of the world, lad.
But those are usually connected to a bigger carrier... And as carnivore sits on top of the hierarchy, they are targeted too... The only way to make sure no one scans your data would be a direct connection to a backbone, and even then it could run through some boxes like carnivore ... I don't think the USA is the only country usings such things...
Just a though
-Drunken Havoc