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Spying by tapping into unencrypted traffic on undersea cables was done briefly during the Cold War. Now governments encrypt all their traffic so you won't get anything useful.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ivy_Bells?wprov=sfla...




There still a lot of tapping going on, there are modern subs build specifically for this.




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