(Reuters) Brazil and the European Union agreed on Monday to lay an undersea communications cable from Lisbon to Fortaleza to reduce Brazil's reliance on the United States after Washington spied on Brasilia.
At a summit in Brussels, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said the $185 million cable project was central to "guarantee the neutrality" of the Internet, signaling her desire to shield Brazil's Internet traffic from U.S. surveillance. According to other sources, the construction is scheduled to begin in July.
A joint venture between Brazilian telecoms provider Telebras and Spain's IslaLink Submarine Cables would lay the communications link. Telebras would have a 35 percent stake, IslaLink would have a 45 percent interest and European and Brazilian pension funds could put up the remainder.
(Score: 5, Funny) by me on Tuesday February 25 2014, @07:59AM
I would make sure this cable has a massive number of extra data channels in it. (most do already)
Then put a box at each end that transmits encrypted data back and forward using used channels, but looking like it's real data.
Then when the US does get a tap on it, and they break the encryption, they find a whole bunch of useless stuff - like the constitution, and copies of Obama's speech saying he'll stop spying on the Germans.