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New undersea cable tech listens for sabotage — can be retrofitted to existing fiber optic lines

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨ploot@lemmy.blahaj.zone⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/new-undersea-cable-tech-listens-for-sabotage-can-be-retrofitted-to-existing-fiber-optic-lines

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  • rebelflesh@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Really cool tech and simple tech, tldr, it uses acustics to detect even light touches in the cable; basically it turns cables into guitar strings.

    As for sabotage, I don’t know, you could infer what boat caused it maybe? Like the Russian sabotage at the beginning of the war with Ukraine? Doesn’t seem to be much data other than, hey something is touching the cable.

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    • mac@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Gonna detect a lot of sharks in that case slate.com/…/shark-attacks-threaten-google-s-under…

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  • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Sabotage by the Deepsea Boys?

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    • fushuan@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Knowing when the touching becomes instead of when the connection cuts is a big improvement in any case

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  • Fizz@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    IDC I’m still going to sabotage it.

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