Comment by snowwrestler
Comment by snowwrestler a day ago
It’s a little silly to say “for example” and then intentionally pick what is widely known as the most sophisticated and pervasive system for controlling Internet traffic ever created.
The parent said “non-NATO countries”… there are 162 of those that are not China.
(It’s also a little silly to specify “non-NATO” since U.S. intelligence services have to exfiltrate data from NATO countries too…)
To get data out of China, the U.S. undoubtedly has special systems, which are worth the special investment because it’s China.
If weight it by population and importance then China is probably in the top though.
I bet western spies spend more time on China than some micro island in the middle of the ocean. Same for Chinese spies probably focus on USA first.
Also realistically probably everyone spies everyone and they spy on those micro islands too. But priorities are clear...