AT&T helped U.S. NSA in spying on Internet traffic: N.Y. Times

[TwistedDictator]

Telecommunications powerhouse AT&T Inc has provided extensive assistance to the U.S. National Security Agency as the spy agency conducts surveillance on huge volumes of Internet traffic passing through the United States, the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing newly disclosed NSA documents.

The newspaper reported that the company gave technical assistance to the NSA in carrying out a secret court order allowing wiretapping of all Internet communications at the headquarters of the United Nations, an AT&T customer.

The documents date from 2003 to 2013 and were provided by fugitive former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, the Times reported.

The company helped the spy agency in a broad range of classified activities, the newspaper reported.

The documents describe how the NSA's working relationship with AT&T has been particularly important, enabling the agency to conduct surveillance, under various legal rules, of international and foreign-to-foreign Internet communications that passed through network hubs in the United States.

AT&T installed surveillance equipment in at least 17 of its U.S. Internet hubs, far more than competitor Verizon Communications Inc, the Times reported. AT&T engineers also were the first to use new surveillance technologies invented by the NSA, the Times reported.

"This is a partnership, not a contractual relationship," according to one NSA document describing the link between the agency and the company.

AT&T's "corporate relationships provide unique accesses to other telecoms and I.S.P.s," or Internet service providers, according to another NSA document.

 

 

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This is what Edward Snowden Revealed previously, and not a lot listened. He is a Hero, but seen as a traitor to corrupt companies and news groups. At&T are giving data to NSA, AS A PARTNERSHIP.

[Trik'Stari]

Not at all surprising.

 

We really need to stand up and stop the government-corporate incest that's going on.

[Unhelpful]

No shit.

[spwath]

Not at all surprising.

 

We really need to stand up and stop the government-corporate incest that's going on.

IDK I have mixed feelings.

 

On one hand I think its bad and a violation of privacy that they are spying on us.

 

On the other hand I don't really care

[TwistedDictator]

Not at all surprising.

 

We really need to stand up and stop the government-corporate incest that's going on.

 

Sadly, not a lot of Americans care. Majority of them will only care if it relates to sex, bacon, guns, nudes, and bacon.

 

Edit: Just seen the comment above me:

 

IDK I have mixed feelings.

 

On one hand I think its bad and a violation of privacy that they are spying on us.

 

On the other hand I don't really care

 

What if I told you, while your making love to your girlfriend/boyfriend, or even both, someone is hearing you, listening to every word your saying, maybe hearing how dirty both your partners are, maybe he slaps a bacon across he chest, the bacon from your fridge, the one that was supposed to be for you, which is now on top of a mans hairy chest while he is listening to your partner mastur bat... Suddenly she send you nudes, which he receives...

 

 

Does spwath get his bacon back,

Does he like boys or girls?

Does he care now?

 

Find out on the next episode of Dragon Ball Z...

[Trik'Stari]

IDK I have mixed feelings.

 

On one hand I think its bad and a violation of privacy that they are spying on us.

 

On the other hand I don't really care

It really needs to stop. It's not acceptable.

[theereal]

The US government is so corrupt. They just hide their corruption.

[SurvivorNVL]

The US government is so corrupt. They just hide their corruption.

They don't even have to hide it anymore.  People are too apathetic to do a thing in this country.

[Guest]

The US government is Governments are so corrupt. They just hide their corruption.

 

Fixed. 

[itachipirate]

Sadly, not a lot of Americans care. Majority of them will only care if it relates to sex, bacon, guns, nudes, and bacon.

Or a black person getting shot by the police

Or a lion getting killed (Who the fuck cares?)

[theereal]

Fixed. 

Not all governments are as corrupt as the US government. All governments have some level of corruption, but its low. The Nordic countries and Canada are known for having very low levels of corruption. In the US companies control the government, and moviestars can become president

[deviant88]

Next up in the same news category is Microsoft and maybe more people will pull their heads out of their asses.

[zacRupnow]

[Trik'Stari]

[blackadder]

Don't they have to? The fbi doesn't ask they tell you what they need and you provide.

[Flight1sim]

Tbh this was fully expected...

[spartaman64]

IDK I have mixed feelings.

 

On one hand I think its bad and a violation of privacy that they are spying on us.

 

On the other hand I don't really care

when people dont care we are losing our rights they take the right to privacy away today what are they going to take away next? the right to life?

[XTankSlayerX]

Didn't we know this already?

[Kamina]

America, land of the free!

 

Oh, wait. It's all a lie!

[Albatross]

I'm not really surprised. It is AT&T.

 

I also wouldn't be surprised if they were sacrificing virgins to some god in an attempt to earn money.

[Dabombinable]

It really needs to stop. It's not acceptable.

When you see people in America blindly sign a petition to add carcinogens into the water supply because the president thinks its a good idea (the petition wasn't real of course, but the point was proven), you know that it is fucked. People won't like me saying this, but Russian citizens have far more sense than those in America (and the same goes for Aussies).

[Lays]

I'm sure lots more companies are doing this, and lots more countries as well. But all we here is murica this murica that

[Centurius]

I'm pretty sure I read about AT&T proactively cooperating with the NSA like two years ago already, this is not new news.

[Trik'Stari]

When you see people in America blindly sign a petition to add carcinogens into the water supply because the president thinks its a good idea (the petition wasn't real of course, but the point was proven), you know that it is fucked. People won't like me saying this, but Russian citizens have far more sense than those in America (and the same goes for Aussies).

Considering that your own government is just as sinister as our own, I doubt that statement. The difference is that your government doesn't do what it does because of corporations. It just does it for it's own sake.

 

Not that I'm trying to start anything. Not at all. Ignorance and apathy are slowly destroying humanity. Mainly because corporations and governments have learned, keep the people stupid, keep them distracted, control what they see and hear, and you can do anything you want to them. Combine all that with the opiates that are "reality TV", religions, and fabricated social issues that make people think they are actually making a difference in the world?

 

Well all that just spells disaster. For everyone.

[mikeeginger]

So they are bad in front and away from the light