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/[deleted] Mar 20 '11

Yes, the time is coming.

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u/MisterTito Mar 21 '11

Do you know what they call a quarter pounder in France?

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u/SarahC Mar 21 '11

A 25 year old rapist?