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  • AT&T collaborates on NSA spying through a web of secretive buildings in the US

    06/26/2018 7:11:11 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 26 replies
    techcrunch ^ | Taylor Hatmaker
    AT&T data facilities in the U.S. are regarded as high-value sites to the NSA for giving the agency direct “backbone” access to raw data that passes through, including emails, web browsing, social media and any other form of unencrypted online activity. The NSA uses the web of eight AT&T hubs for a surveillance operation code-named FAIRVIEW, a program previously reported by The New York Times. The program, first established in 1985, “involves tapping into international telecommunications cables, routers, and switches” and only coordinates directly with AT&T and not the other major U.S. mobile carriers. AT&T’s deep involvement with the NSA...
  • The Wiretap Rooms The NSA's Hidden Spy Hubs in Eight US Cities

    06/26/2018 6:29:41 AM PDT · by Vendome · 33 replies
    The Intercept ^ | June 25 2018 | Ryan Gallagher, Henrik Moltke
    Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. In each of these cities, The Intercept has identified an AT&T facility containing networking equipment that transports large quantities of internet traffic across the United States and the world. the buildings are central to an NSA spying initiative that has for years monitored billions of emails, phone calls, and online chats passing across U.S. territory. “It’s eye-opening and ominous the extent to which this is happening right here on American soil,” said Elizabeth Goitein, co-director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center...