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Gary:
Jiffy Pop and you have both!

GreyGeek:

--- Quote from: whatsit on September 09, 2014, 01:58:03 PM ---<< grabs tin-foil hat and popcorn >>
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While you enjoy your popcorn munch on this information:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/photos-of-an-nsa-upgrade-factory-show-cisco-router-getting-implant/

--- Quote ---A document included in the trove of National Security Agency files released with Glenn Greenwald’s book No Place to Hide details how the agency’s Tailored Access Operations (TAO) unit and other NSA employees intercept servers, routers, and other network gear being shipped to organizations targeted for surveillance and install covert implant firmware onto them before they’re delivered.

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The TOA operation began before 2010, when the photos were taken.  The face of one of the workers was "swirled", which can be easily reversed with a graphics editor.   Since then NSA realized that consumer routers could be implanted with a remote firmware update as well, which began to take place after 2010.  IF it hadn't been for Cicso's greed users of their consumer grade wireless routers would have never known that the NSA had a back door in their router.  Even your run of the mill crooks are getting in on the hacked router gravy train.

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