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		Terretta on July 20, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “What Is That Box?” – When The NSA Shows Up At You... I'd say from technical or engineering POV it's a whole lot less hassle and less likely to break things to just mirror a switch port.

wmf on July 20, 2013 [–]

A switch port tends to carry traffic for multiple customers. Supposedly Carnivore does minimization, but I think companies like Google would rather collect data themselves to make sure it's done right.

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