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The world is connected by just 500 cables. America is spying on them, China is building out a competing network, Russia is threatening to break them, and everyone else is caught in the middle.
Correction: 05:25 224 Terabits per second, not bytes
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Why don't you do whole separate video on Edward Snownden like you did in case of Julian Assange
Hey Johnny, I love politics and all. But as someone who has depression I would really love it if you made journalism topics that were more on the bright side of things from time to time. I am sure there is something that would put a smile on our faces that is the truth, and also relevant. (hopefully) I love your videos it is just that today in particular, I wanted to watch your content, but also some "fun" variation of it...
we need research video about current war (N. Tesla)
Your channel is the best on KZhead!
You should put a disclosure that you work in the CIA johnny.
The fact that we were able to lay cables under the entire ocean from US to Europe in the 1800s is incredible.
I'd say it took a lot less material and labor than building the entire US rail network.
@@JWQweqOPDHyeah but that doesnt have to deal with ocean currents and the pressure of being under the ocean and they have to be completely waterproof. That’s what makes it so amazing, not just the amount of raw materials needed
@@julianbell9161 not like they’re building the cables underwater, it’s just make cables on land and roll it out onto the sea floor
@@FengG0 Oh, is that all they had to do? No big deal.
the systematic study of conductors and their behavior in electrical circuits changed the game. In 1800s we used copper conductors underwater, but after 1960s Fiber Optics changed the game again by making communication much faster.
you could singlehandedly keep printer companies afloat
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I hope he's using an ink tank printer or laser. We don't want Johnny to be supporting the cartridge mafia.
its so true.
Don’t forget the highlighters
lmfao
I worked in one of the non US companies during the Snowden leaks, most of us were not providing to the US or UK. That included some that were listed as doing so. The land based tapping was actually how they got access, and they did so via the cross connect rooms in colo locations. Even the large providers can't access them as they are controlled by the buildings. The US method of pre-tapping *all* the cables in these building was pretty smart as it bypassed what was assumed to be the way to detect tapping. Even back in those days, the company would have been able to detect a tap on the cables. It is done by comparing values against the base line install values. With the pre-tap, those base line number include the tap so it became hidden. The industry has long since moved towards just not trusting the cables. In fact most don't even trust their own networks inside of datacenters anymore. Everything is strongly encrypted by default, meaning even with the data, it isn't much use. That is why most of the efforts have moved to other methods.
what are some of the new efforts nowadays?
Funny how people still think a bunch of "terrorists" with X-acto knives commited 911... Sounds more like an orchestrated attack to release The Patriot Act as well as guarantee twenty plus years of income to The Military Industrial Complex....
@@anonymousreviewer169post-quantum cryptography (PQC).
@@anonymousreviewer169 Directly spying on us through our phones, computers, smart watches, home assistants, smart appliances etc.
This is funny. I just read email about the US mint issuing a commemorative coin. We answered the call Greatest generation of all time With WWII on the design… Telling you…. If you bought the Liberty and Brittania coin or medal, consider adding this beautiful coin to your collection.
it's insane how this "cable laying" event/era is never discussed in our schools. like wtf.
Y do ppl say this uk schools are not there to teach but to indoctrinate u need to teach urself
@@Bell_plejdo568p Wouldn't say its the uk specifically or anything, most countries have similar schools
I asked many of my teachers while I was in grade school and above, why don’t they teach anything about real life or things that can actually be useful like how money works for real, the truth about the rigged stock market and synthetic shares and entire books of shares sold to many countries which is illegal and common that a company is fully owned by a outside government while also ripping off the lowly American peasants who buy shares even though technically there are no more shares left to buy. Or how about real science and how science has been corrupted and studies are always paid for and demand that their study yield the desired results. And then another study comes out that says the truth and the fake news goes all in on stopping exposure to the truth. Anyway I asked and many just blew smoke laying cover to the elites and how it all really worked. But one layed into me and explained why schools are so far Left that they don’t make any sense to any person who has common sense. These are all indoctrination camps for the Left to radicalize young minds with all lies. Then these young people will riot for them whenever common sense prevails and the Left wants to destroy neighborhoods until you are so sick of it that you’ll promise to vote Democrat just to make the Left-wing terrorism stop. I’m all over the place with this one but I’m pretty sure KZhead still has me mostly shadow banned or fully shadow banned and only YT and the Feds read this anyway.
Schools are garbage
Too busy learning pronouns
When I was a child I had just assumed satellites were responsible for keeping the world connected. When I discovered we were reliant on underwater cables scattered across the ocean floor, I was both shocked and fascinated by how we managed to maintain this system.
Same here, I thought it was satellites too. But when you really think about it it's probably easier to make super durable cables and lay them with a ship than make a rocket ship.
Another proof satellite in space do not exist. They are on balloons because the earth is flat and space isn't real
its quicker, cheaper and low-latent sending tonnes of data through cable than to space and back again. Starlink is changing that through its mesh satellite network.
@@datiller9035 and then we will have chinese and americans ruining the sky by building gazillion of satellites to spy on each other ffs
hence super expensive internet and phone bills. I complain about it all the time too, but if you think about all these massive infrastructure & services, it's understandable. Just not as much convinient when I get the bill.
Speaking of spying, it would be REALLY interesting to see a video about how our own products spy on us and in which ways; cellphones, Roomba carpet vacuums, Ring doorbells, smart home assistants, etc.
Ring is SO freakishly dystopian.
I know. I wish I could sell my ring and go with another company who isn’t going to invade my privacy. I want a camera that doesn’t have access to my cameras.
THE RISE OF HOME ASSISTANT!!! But seriously, self hosted is a lot of work but I think it’s worth it.
You allowed them to spy on you😅
@@outlyfe7570 meh, yes and no. Most people don't read contracts and is arguably a breach of 4th amendment rights to sell video of so,Eames house to the polics/government. It should be illegal for them to sell any data related to medical stuff, too.
I still find it impressive how we had undersea cables in the 1860s, and still rely on undersea cables 160 years later. It seemed like a really advanced invention for back then, and a really primitive one for today.
Because wired networks have exponentially more fidelity than wireless. Almost every gadget today emits a radio signal and that creates a problem with interference and bandwidth.
@@TomCruz54321 Amazing how reliable it still is today. Maybe it could be an invention that just never goes away due to timeless usefulness, like trains.
And will be the same likely for another 1000 years.. Unless some crazy tech is invented that allows us to transfer crap loads of data across the world every second wirelessly 😂
Maybe but it fiberoptic now. And why worry about it unless you are guilty. I was at a security convention, keynote speaker was a top guy with FBI IT dept. He was having problem with his power strip I had an extra one but he told me they only use FBI cleared devices. Bottom line USB drives if they don't show the exact size there is something in there.
Everything electronic today was a Chinese chip inside, can spy on you, and thumb drive that aren't showing full size destroy it, it auto connect to wifi.
My family member was in the Navy in the 1980s. He was on ship communicating with our submarines while they tapped into these underwater communication lines. They were listening in on the russians. Then the Russians caught them in the act. And over the course of several days, the Russian submarine was in pursuit of our U.S. submarine, trying to blow it out of the water.
But now, we who can see, can see it's all been a lie. Like the mad magazine " spy vs. Spy" the joke has been on us.....
We must protect Johnny Harris at all costs 😤
FBI OPEN UP.....
I love these videos. You can't dislike the guy. Him and his team are f'ing amazeballs! They deserve all their accolades.
My condolences for his death in a week in a suicide.
@@enews01Totally a suicide.
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Literally everything in this world is an object of national security.
@@paroxysm6437Everyone's beliefs are different, atheist.
And that national security is an excuse for the government to spy on us and survey our daily activities.
None that really keeps us secure tho
@@paroxysm6437 And where's your scientific evidence that God isn't real? Atheists rely heavily on evidence.
@@ChosenKing777yikes brainwashed
My Grampa was on a fair few US submarines and was a big part of the telecom patching and spying at the time, and a lot of the techniques still used are ones he helped create and refine a lot. I wonder what he would've thought of the self spying that utilizes so much of what he helped make, but i can also guarantee he would've loved this and the other sub video and paused it every 30 seconds to elaborate on something since he was there haha
you're probably one of my favourite new youtube obsessions. thank you so much for everything you guys do! never stop!
Johny Harris can rightly be called a KZhead wizard. He has mastered the medium in terms of both covering unique content and doing so in a totally compelling way. He has assembled a team of super-smart people who are high level researchers and editor/creators. This KZhead and his one on nuclear missle carrying submarines are both masterpieces.
thanks for the generous words. my team deserves so much credit for bringing these videos to life!
johnny harris one uped vox in my opnion. even if vox wasn´t so busy with other streaming platforms
ya know his wife IZZY is behind alot of his magic, btw
@mathportillo I don't like vox but I think Johnny makes pretty good content. He definitely has his biases, especially towards always making everything about how "America bad" all the time, but in a way that's a good thing. Even if the country is almost perfect (which even though I don't think it's as bad as he makes it out that's definitely not true) it's always good to vigorously criticize it. I forget who this quote is from but I think the quote that goes something like "I love this country, and therefore I criticize it" is one to live by. The only way we can improve it is to identify the things we need to fix.
Mostly it's about pushing narratives. 7:43 The British have been creating propwashed narratives for centuries and this German invasion of America via Mexico is one of them. Britain was in the process of losing its empire and getting desperate. Now the American superVæmpire is biting the dust. Desperate times.... The country of Taiwan. Sheesh. Keep believing those Western storylines...
There are plenty of times I disagree with your videos and opinions, but I’ve never doubted your integrity and attention to detail. I have always learnt something new and gained another perspective from you. Please keep up the outstanding work! I only wish more journalists were like you.
Integrity?? Are you serious!??! 🤣🤣🤣
lol at the integrity bit. Dude spends more time slinging shit at his own country than anything else. He cant help himself. Not that the US is just squeaky clean and does no wrong, but he doesnt miss a jab when one can possibly be worked in. Meanwhile, he just blindly ignores practically any other country doing the same stuff or even worse.
@@Pinion512It’s almost like he’s an American journalist in America 😂 “can’t believe this guy does so many videos involving America” 🤡
lol dude was bought by the WEF a long time ago. he has no integrity. he is a masterful propaganda artist.
@@Pinion512he mentioned the uk in this video so don’t know why you think he ignores other countries
Man, I love this topic. Not so much the spying aspect of it all but the infrastructure itself. Ever since I was a kid I often found myself staring at undersea cable maps. It always fascinated me. People often think of the internet as this super modern ethereal network beaming data wirelessly through space. When in reality, we’ve been at it since the 1800s and have basically just plugged computers into an updated telegraph network. Albeit with huge orders of magnitude in terms of complexity. Telecommunications networks…..love it!
I feel you sooo much dude! I am also fascinated by the submarine cables. The idea that all this data passes through actual tangible cables setting on the seafloor across thousands of kilometers. Eerie and fascinating.
The fact that we get free videos on KZhead by Johnny Harris is truly a gift. 👏👏👏👏👏
*You cannot name any channel that explains these geopolitics, leaked documents, etc. To us in such easy and imaginable ways. Great job man*
Very true
True
He definitely makes pretty propaganda & disinformation
@@nolongerblocked6210misinformation, I think you mean
… and this passionately!
Johnny is now for sure receiving "special" phone calls about the "importance of his work" and how he can be "very instrumental" if he makes the "right choices".. let's all hope Johnny continues to make the properly right choices 😅
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Oh that much is quite evident. I’m sensing a turn I don’t necessarily like, but what else should we expect. He does reside in the District of Columbia after all.
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My cousin in law works for the Navy training dolphins for covert missions. It's pretty interesting to imagine Russia hovering over these deep sea cables and realizing that we probably send in a dolphin to go see what they're up to. Can't get too close with a submarine or a sea drone without making foreign countries thinking you've got a bomb you're trying to plant on their hull, but dolphins are fine!
The Russians had spy whales ages ago.
Russia have had a dolphin spy program for longer than we have by the way. Thats still cool though, what a fun job that would be.
Big Hole Road, North Carolina between Chapel Hill & Pittsboro. Cold war era bunker converted into a station. Approximately 2010 large amounts of military vehicles reported moving telecommunications equipment out. Went to visit through some 'no trespass' signs and drove through a small development of ~4 homes with all household members outside doing yard work, very awkward glances to the car as we passed before turning around.
Your work as an independent journalist makes the world a better place, for me, and all those who wish to see behind a label of confidential stamps, but don't feel like sorting through leaked documents. Thank you, as I know I could never do what you do.
wow thanks for the kind words and support! incredibly generous
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“Independent” lol
watch out everybody! This person knows something we don't! @@harboco
Love your work Johnny. Mass surveillance raises significant ethical, social, and political concerns, highlighting the need for a balanced approach that respects individual rights, freedom, and security. People often talk about a dystopian future but fail to realise that we are already in it.
It also causes erosion of trust between the citizens and the authorities…
Sorry for spaming but I wanted to ask Johnny, about How does it feel to have a Traitor in your own countri. The NK in JP can go back to where ever they came from but No choose to stay, what do each countri do with invasive species?
DId ChatGPT write that for you?
Chatgtp Edit: your mom
@@tiefblau2780they did actually use gpt
Seriously, you are one of the most valuable information channel on KZhead. Love your work.
Something rarely thought about. Always amazes me how many things are involved in our daily life we never think about yet there are massive amounts of money and companies working on them
"If you ain't spyin', then you ain't tryin'." - Every intellegence agency that has ever exisited, anywhere.
My grandfather used to say he loved his country but feared his government. He died before the snowden leaks, but I've always wondered what his thoughts would be if he knew what was in that leak.
He loved the country built on the lives and property of millions of native americans?, yeah he for sure is rotting in hell right now
Survival of fittest. NATURAL LAW @@Mdksupreme1
@@Mdksupreme1how is it something his grandfather could've changed. He loved his country as he's seen it not what it was 100s of years ago before his time
@@Mdksupreme1 what is wrong with you
@@Stardust_4It’s this, very clearly. To not understand that, or to ignore it and just assume evil…while simultaneously spreading the same thing (to go to the darkest place possible and saying they’re rotting in hell etc) is extremely ironic to say the least.
I work as a client service for one of the biggest mobile communications providers in china and things about control and surveillance always perplex me, we built the tools so we can better comprehend ourselves but that come along with more transparency and even violation against our own self privacy after all, who would sit and watch if they have the means to prevent the bad things to happen (even though sometimes they’re just signs of possibility)
Love your work Johnny brilliantly laid out mate.
Smart, intelligent, factual reporting. Much respect, love and admiration. Always looking forward to seeing more 😊
Very factual i was inside of one for a delivery i seen the massive classified room with massive monitor on the wall.
The most incompetent journalist with high production value. 😊
he completely missed how they managed to break the AES encryption on those links, which is an absolute integral part of this story
Very well researched, and the narrative is precise. Your excellent editing makes it easy to follow. Thanks to your videos we can keep up with the pace of the quickly changing world!
mass surveillance raises significant ethical, social, and political concerns, highlighting the need for a balanced approach that respects individual rights, freedom, and security.
this comment feels so overused and chatGPT like
He does great videos, just wish he'd ditch the fake media generated racial division stuff and focus on the real tyrannical forces affecting the world. Not "whiteness", "the patriarchy", "toxic masculinity" or any other first-world fake nonsense.
thanks for the kind words1
@@johnnyharris thank you Johnny! I'm a big fan and this means a lot to me :)
This is the best one on topic yet, imo. Great historical perspective. Can't imagine the research aspect of the project. Well told and illustrated story! Thanks.
Jonny Harris, your prowess as a journalist shines brilliantly, evident in the remarkable dedication you infuse into your videos. Your meticulous attention to detail, both in your motion graphics and your eloquent narration, sets you apart. Among the sea of content creators, you stand as one of the select few who can captivate my attention for an uninterrupted 25-minute video session, a testament to your exceptional quality. Undoubtedly top-tier work!
It's so bizarre that only small portion of data being sent is encrypted.
right now they cannot. With quantum computing they will be able, that's decades away if all goes well, that's why they are storing data right now. To decode it later.@@G__C__
The message body is encrypted but the metadata is not
Even the encrypted data is being saved, so that when quantum computers come online, they can decrypt it
Only the most important part of information that's encrypted. The message body, web content through SSL, your chat and video calls, but unfortunately the Metadata (such as your number, email, or destination number) is not.
@@G__C__ They are more civilians skillful enough in Cryptography than Who works for a agency. Everyone isn't into CIA and stuff
Can’t comprehend how you seem to spit out 10/10 videos on a weekly basis for us all to enjoy! Thank you Johnny and Team!
He is not s single man and has the whole production Team, still impressive quality content.
by completely missing to explain how they managed to break the AES encryption on those links, which is an absolute vital part of this story
@RandomUser2401 AES encryption itself was not broken, but there are certain ways of using AES can easily be broken. Thats why for agencies like NAS, having hands on quantum computer is so important ( i dont say they have it yet, maybe). In fact, a quantum computer with 128 qubits could crack a 128-bit AES key in a matter of seconds rather than taking millions years with a traditional computer.
this guy and his team are such awesome story tellers. really great vids. best of youtube
That was an amazing video. Felt like I was watching a Mission Impossible, Bond type movie - but real life... The world we live in is wild when you dig in. Thanks.
Johnny - you & your team routinely pick the topics that scintillate and reveal so much to so many. Keep going, keep shining a light. This kind of info/evidence based journalism with your commentary is a highlight for me whenever you post a new video.
Damn, this channel has been pumping out top tier content in a very short amount of time!
Anybody know some other KZheadrs like Johnny who make well produced informative/historical videos like this? Love these but I’ve watched every one now!
I feel like it is important to note that any messages or data that is end-to-end encrypted can not be read by the NSA, China, or anyone else for that matter. They could see that you did send a message, but they would not be able to read it.
Ur so wrong mon ami😢😂
Sorry, its all compromised. Look into AG crypto scandal, just one of the known encryption companies that ended up being owned the whole time by the CIA for years. It's pretty much impossible for a company to operate encryption as a service/business in the USA and many nations without back doors built in or coercion of some kind. That plus all the other known hardware/software exploits released from the Snowden leaks show they had access to a lot of these services already. They may be old dumps now but the tech only improves never gets any worse, safe to say with less devices, manufacturers, less operating systems surveillance has only been made easier as time goes on.
@@danbrown5829 how's he wrong, can you expantiate?
They can read or do anything they want. You don't even need your phone. They can read the data box in your car to see where you've driven.
ssl strip
his vids are so good and there for free!!
Yes. Thankyou CIA
Man, it's my dream to be able to do video essays like this, The only thing I'm missing is the time, and ability to stick to any one thing for more than 20 minutes..
I compare him to like Jon Stewart
Good for children.
No >:(
This has become my favorite KZhead channel. I see a video from Johnny and immediately click to watch. Golden content.
As a telecom employee I should say that these days submarine spying on cables is mostly useless, since all important data is secured. But there are of course few cases. 1. Not secured connection (http not https) 2. Using WA/Viber or other messengers (they have their own security it is a benefit and a potential leak) 3. Awaiting of quantum computer wich will crack security in minutes
My bet is on quantum decryption. They either have a way to decrypt it already or are betting that one will come in the near future. It scares me thinking the amount of chaos this will cause once it does happen.
Quantum computers could crack normal computer encryption, but I bet they could make even stronger encryption on their own, right? Also, the quantum internet could get rid of cables and satellites entirely by using quantum entanglement. Two entangled particles can transmit information instantly across the universe. It's zero lag and tapping proof.
Watching your videos makes me inspired. lots of video editing ideas man TYYYYY
I can’t for the life of me wrap my head around the amount of cable it takes to cross the Atlantic or Pacific. It’s truly a wonder of the modern age.
We live in ”1984” on steroids.
Exactly. People keep talking about a dystopian future without realising we’re already in it.
It's so much darker and exploitative than the worst imagined scenario of the 20th century
@@badway420Matrix??
@@badway420Your being hunted.
Dude, this isn't even close to 1984. I don't get how you can say that with a straight face.
This is an astounding engineering marvel. I don’t even know where to begin. Human ingenuity is staggering!
Another banger of a video, I love this format and these topics
Bro you’re crushing it with these independent journalism pieces. Keep it coming!
Thank you for sharing this eye-opening video about how companies and government collect data. It's incredible how much we're not as 'ad-free' as we thought. Your video shed light on an important issue that affects us all. Awareness is key, and you're doing a great job in spreading it. Keep up the great work!!!!
Johnny and team, great coverage on this! Unrelated to this video, can you please consider covering the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)? The world really needs your voice on this one.
I love your videos man!. I really enjoyed them, informative, easy to understand and updated. Of course, absolutely niiice graphics. Thank you!
"We're entering a new chapter where countries don't trust each other anymore." Me: Excuse me? When have countries ever trusted each other? Individuals can trust each other. An individual can trust a country, their own and someone else's. But a whole country is too large, too unwieldy, too diverse, and too ruled by game theory, economics, and power to ever trust anyone or anything. Countries are ideas that seek to perpetuate themselves. There are people within every government whose job it is to distrust everyone, to see every threat coming, and to prepare for everything. These people act as part of their country. Countries can't trust another country. It can't trust individuals. It can't trust corporations, or even itself. The very concept of 'trust' is almost entirely foreign for a country.
Well said!
@@TH-nx2jgAgreed!!! The same applies to business. I always tell people, there's no place for trust in business. Only accountability
@@e-ben616 I would agree with that regarding every publicly traded company, but privately owned ones are a bit more flexible. Especially the small ones. If you're big you're playing high-stakes capitalism, and you're (for the most part) forced to follow the meta or be crushed. Smaller businesses have more wiggle room, because they can fit into tiny niches, and maintain their existence mostly independently from the meta. Still, even the big ones, if privately owned, can hinge entirely on the opinion and views of one person, and as such can be very unpredictable. Depending on who runs the company it's not entirely unreasonable to trust them.
Xi jing Ping Was FollowIng Me
you know what I mean right? we're moving into a period of increased skepticism after decades of interconnected globalization
Bro himself is a surveillance agency, damn his videos are very detailed, appreciated content.
Love your videos they inspire people and actually have meaning instead of entertaining
And this is why I enjoyed watching 'The Good Wife', the way they detailed and handled how the NSA was spying was brilliant to watch.
I live for these videos. You and number of other creators with similar content has my respect. Love you guys. Thank you for your hard work to make and provide this content for free, in the world where everything is monetized. Thanks again.
The recent improvements in AI must be making processing the data even more effective. Imagine an AI assigning a potential threat level to everyone based on what you say and who you talk to.
I'd be interested to know how I stack up in those rankings.
AI monitoring threats sounds like Project Insight.
I used to run dive charters out of Key West and we used to identify dive sites by where the cables to Cuba crossed the reef. We knew of seven. The bottom beneath the Gulf Stream reaches over 5K feet! When one failed, they just rolled out another 😮.
Somehow you always land on my feed no matter what. Great way of explaining things and ocean views too.
It’s crazy how much we’ve integrated technology throughout the earth.
I always thought the idea of the submarine cables was fascinating. And I know that countries secretly tap into them. Thank you for your amazing research and beautifully produced video.
“All i want is a feeling that I’m safe” Is literally the problem, it’s not a small ask. Either you completely wipe out your enemy, monitor everything, or have willing or unwilling ignorance. This video was so good but that last line really got me worked up
How did the "completely wipe out your enemy" part go?
Great work Mr Harris! Would love to see more on databases such as CODIS and the XKeystroke one you discuss in this episode. Your presentation style is great.
Johnny Harris makes me feel good about procrastinating at work. Thank you for that, keep up the great work.
Man I want to get my hands on some of these documents. I love your channel!
Fascinating documentary on something I didn't know but needed to know.
Amazing reporting Johnny. An amazing lead out as well. I saw your submarine episode too. I had no clue about them but I’m appreciative of the knowledge. I wanna learn more about project blue beam. It’s coming up more and more
Finally a true journalist, actually caring for the truth, actually taking some time to dig! This is why I love this channel.
You always have such interesting and informative videos…tks!
Congratulations for the channel and work! But this map/poster is genius! I am wainting for one to arrive :)
gonna enjoy this one, thank you for making really high quality content for us
The world is changing and I’m scared and electrified by the prospect. Thank to Johnny and the team for your hard work.
would you rather it stay the same?
Discovered your channel a few months ago. Really like your content. Thank you
This channel delivers incredible content, it’s hands down better content than 90% of any other big journalistic outlets
there is youtube Jake Tran, wich is also quite informative in underlying topics.
Just a small mistake in either script or visuals- You said at 5:25 that the fastest cable can transfer 224 Terrabytes per second, but the visual is measured in Terrabits per second.
Just a slight factor off
I thought terrabits per second was represented as Tb/s
@@wobblysauce 224 Terabits = 28 Terabytes. Not a slight factor.
@@mattashby3642 It is, the video show 224 Tbps and he says 224 Terabytes in the video.
@@mattashby3642 Ideally the standard is B for bytes, b for bits. There are also prefixes for explicitly indicating multiples of 1024 instead of 1000 - Ki, Mi, Gi, Ti. But in practice people make mistakes all the time so you don't want to depend on it.
Huge respect for you and your team Johnny. Keep up the good work. Love rom India.
I would love to see an episode about how spies operate in modern day!
They better not have stolen my grandma's secret recipe for pecan sandies that she gave me over the phone a while back ... or else!!!!
If nothing else, you have shown me that an obsession with maps (like my obsession with various systems) can lead to some very interesting info, stories, history, and knowledge of the world and how it works. Thank you for sharing.
I'm personally real interested in maps. Especially like geological maps. Amazing what's on some maps.
Hi Johnny, thank you and your amazing team very much. Would be really interesting to understand how this tapping technically works. I can imagine how they can sniff unencrypted communications, but for encrypted communications, in order to "read" those, I would expect a wider "collaboration" with providers providing keys for decryption.
Knowing the fact that under PRISM programme NSA was tapping into such a huge no of Cables in 2007 scares me that just think how advance stuff are today what ways Mass surveillance would be happening creeepyy!
It's pretty much a fact that the NSA has every single phone call, text, email that happens on Earth scanned for keywords or suspicious patterns and saved
Johnny this is one of the best videos I’ve seen of yours, super interesting on how interconnected we all are with something I didn’t even know existed lol
Great Video! As an IT guy with interest in security I was checking the documents when they came out. You've linked a few interesting aspects, that I was not aware of! The biggest question for me still is if they are capable of reading encrypted traffic. With the technic of Samir's Secret Sharing or reencryption of master keys, it seems possible that agencies could have a backdoor keys to actually make use of not only the meta data, but the whole information.
That was exactly what I was thinking if they could read encrypted data as well
Well, math doesn't have backdoors...
It's somewhat funny as many of us in the west are wondering "can they spy on our encrypted comms" yet in many eastern countries you often have to install a trusted root CA to access the 'free wifi' and everyone blindly clicks yes without fully understanding the consequences!
Thanks for the generous support!
Exactly. It now starts to make sense. I always wondered "who in the practical world is going to spy in my P2P fiber link" Vendors like Cisco, Ciena, Huawei (ah yes, irony), ADVA, Infinera and much more in the "DWDM" space (arguably, these companies make equipment that actually use the submarine cables effectively). They always talked about data encryption within.
This is my first exposure to your channel and I must say VERY well done!. I loved it! Can't wait to dive into more of your content.
Hey Johnny, love your contents! Would really love to see your POV on the Pegasus incident.
The fact that there’s cables on the ocean floor connecting the world still blows my mind
If you think the NSA collecting data on you for national security purposes is bad, just imagine what companies like Meta and Alphabet are collecting on you and what they are going to be using it for.
Which is why you should use end-to-end encryption like email + PGP & XMPP + OMEMO
Well they just use it to extract as much money from you as possible, unless theyre cooperating with the government lol If you understand their business models and the structure, they are just bound to provide the most value to the owners of the companies, ie shareholders
What's worrying, also, is that these entities are seeking human longevity in secret. They have massive buildings where they conduct who knows what experiments. Thinking data transfer companies moving on to human experimentation data is innocuous is naive, I think. This is all done in secret with all of the devices civilians use to collect as much data on their bodies as possible, after agreeing to share this information. Yes, yes, there's the money component always. Insurance and mega for profit health entities that are taking over our... ? Healthcare? But what of Google's and others secret human experiments. Yes, we've been told they are working on human longevity, but do we believe it stops there? This current Mass Extinction from Global Boiling and Burning has got to be pushing research. Look at Elon's abandonment of GW mitigation. He's only searching for ways to save himself. Mars for example, which to my opinion is a non-starter. However research into living on Mars can lead to ways for him and 'his' like can live off of human suffering and poverty here on a dying planet or on the moon. Mega data on all humans can rush along that research by just collecting the research we do on ourselves.
@@HanTheProphetThats not what they were doing when they were faking data and shutting down facts to sway elections.
I sometimes wonder how the most powerful and wealthy individuals of this world protect themselves from this kind of constant surveillance from countries and major corporations.
You, Kyle Hill and Joe Scott are my go-to informational channels. You guys manage to make these more informative topics captivating
Ooh thank you for this comment!! I’ve been looking for similar channels to Johnny’s! 😄
Love learning stuff and being entertained too, great stuff
Man i love you and your work! Keep it up😂🎉 stay safe Do you have any more new videoscoming up?
My grandfather served on the USS Halibut during the Cold War & to this day has only told me bits & pieces of what he did on there. This video literally made my jaw drop. Not that every video of yours doesn’t but this one especially. Thank you Johnny! :)
Mind Begs the Question: To Support and Aid an Apartheid State Democratic,Fascist?
@@HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings🤔
There is one in Shoreditch - London. It's part of a huge market on Bricklane called Truman Brewery. It's one of the busiest area's of London and nobody notices the huge building. The only reason we found out was because we tried to hire the wall to paint a mural on it but the email trail got ridiculous. It's now really obvious because all the buildings around it are painted.
The Truman Brewery is an events venue, that’s why it’s a big, seemingly empty space
@enalyppop yes it is these days. The building I'm talking about is the one behind the food stalls in the yard at the back.
I was avoiding this video for the clickbait sounding title, but big mistake on my end. One of the most objective and educative videos you have made. Thanks for this one. Was super interesting!
Wow thanks! I always wonder if the youtubey titles hurt more than they help. But I guess I gotta play the game
You really caught theses unseen people now 😄😄
The feeling of being “safe” as you call it is achieved through having the most up to date information and the strongest military deterrent possible.
I just assume that privacy doesnt exist anymore.
First time watching your content and its amazing. Well done.
Very detailed and informative.. Thanks for making this hq video