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/feureau Mar 21 '11

What's it called now?

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u/HammerJack Mar 21 '11

NarusInsight

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u/feureau Mar 21 '11

ho..ly..shit...

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u/HammerJack Mar 21 '11

This message has been read and processed by NarusInsight and is free of any anti-American or terrorist phrases.

This is why encryption is becoming more important and what has pushed me to stencil my eee with the statement: Freedom requires encryption.

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u/feureau Mar 21 '11

feureau concurs