Internet Traffic Routing Around the U.S.

There’s a famous saying by John Gilmore that “the Internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.” However, that saying may apply equally to other “damage” beyond censorship–and that includes spying, slow connections and many other things. In fact, with it being considered somewhat common knowledge that U.S. intelligence agencies frequently tap into Internet traffic coming through the U.S. from elsewhere, more and more countries are working hard to make sure their Internet traffic need not travel through the U.S. at all.

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