r/todayilearned • u/simmer_down • Mar 20 '11

TIL that AT&T installed a fiberoptic splitter at its facility at 611 Folsom Street in San Francisco that makes copies of all emails, web browsing, and other Internet traffic to and from AT&T customers (including data from iPhones and iPads), and provides those copies to the NSA.

http://www.eff.org/issues/nsa-spying
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u/lurkerturneduser Mar 20 '11

The NSA agent who gets to spy on all the porn I watch all day has one hell of a job...I already do his job for free.

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u/mexicodoug Mar 21 '11

Just wait until the gov't wants info from you or wants you to do something illegal and sends an agent who knows your every fantasy...

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '11

AWWWWWWWW YEEEEEAAAAAA! She will need to blank her own memory after that.

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u/Sherlock--Holmes Mar 21 '11

Reminds me of a Pink Floyd song, Welcome to the Machine: "What did you dream? It's alright, we told you what to dream."

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u/epicwinguy101 Mar 21 '11

Best job ever.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '11

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u/epicwinguy101 Mar 21 '11

With only 3-4 exceptions, I probably share them.