AT&T Secretly Selling Customers’ Data To Law Enforcement

[Kwan Dai]

While appalling. This isn't a surprise, the govt. has been engaged in spying on it's citizens for decades. Obviously through various methods that are updated with tech. But nothing new none the less.

Funny how you'd be called a hack for saying something like this 20-30 years ago and now these practices are out in the public space and seem rather frequent.

 

[Brother_Five]

Law enforcement should not have this power

 

[numbaz...80's baby]

It's not like they really have a choice. Might as well make a profit. Government will find a way to shut their ass down if they don't cooperate. You know it and I know it.

 

[Crude_]

Unless you're a terrorist or a murderer I doubt you have anything to worry about.

Most people with something to hide use cheap throw away phones anyway that cannot be traced back to a specific name and billing address.

Funny the federal government broke up the monopoly that was telecommunications in the 1980s I believe which split them into the Bells now known as AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, etc now they are arguably bigger than they were back then even in seperate entities.

 

[Brother_Five]

It's not like they really have a choice. Might as well make a profit. Government will find a way to shut their ass down if they don't cooperate. You know it and I know it.

Corporations run the government not the other way around

There is an opioid epidemic because corporations lobbied government officials into letting their shady distributors cook

 

[Lou Cypher]

Dammit now the cops are going to lock up all of my drug dealers.

 

[fortyacres]

the deal wont go throught

dont they try this shit with T Mobile and they ran into some anti trust law violations a few years back ?

 

[Crude_]

There is no such thing as privacy it never has been only the illusion of it.

 

[Colin$mackabi$h]

Why is this just coming out now I wonder

 

[Copper]

If you don't like your direct TV watchlist in the hands of the police your anti American

 

[JokerzWyld]

The Intercept did a story on this not too long ago. This is what I expected to happen after the Snowden revelations.

 

[Lefty_]

The only surprise here is that they're not getting it for free.

 

[the dukester]

This doesn't surprise me one bit.

I specialize in data analytics. I recall a class I took called Google Analytics, and the stuff I learned in that class blew me away!!

Google knows what website you came from, what website you go to when you leave this site, and how much time you spend on a website.

All this is done to create customer profiles and revise & edit faq's to heighten website efficiency.

Racism is a double-edged pendulum that cuts both ways. Indeed whites are affected by racism (not as much) just like we are.

The government uses black boogeymen, and Muslim terrorist propaganda to create a media narrative to justify more surveillance. Scary cacs fall for it, and the end result is programs like this.

Corporations have controlled politicians ever since someone coined the term "lobbying" (which originally meant corporate donor's hanging out in the "lobby" waiting for elected officials to come out of meetings).

In the words of Benjamin Franklin.........

"Those who sacrifice liberty for security deserve neither."

 

[Ether44mag]

I always acted as if it was normal *shrugs* dont talk on the phone about anything criminal ,leave the phone in the car and take a walk if you need to talk about something illegal...for the rest IDGAF if they hear me talking about how i'm gonna tear some pussy up or how I think KD is a bitch for going to GSW

 

[nex gin]

The only thing that still amazes me is how in 2016 there are still people who are surprised that this type of stuff goes on. The art of spying has been around as long as mankind. Only things that change are the methods. Always assume that the government and law enforcement will take advantage of every available means to know as much about everybody as possible. Information is power.

 

[TheNuttinProffessor]

It's not like they really have a choice. Might as well make a profit. Government will find a way to shut their ass down if they don't cooperate. You know it and I know it.

Corporations run the government not the other way around

There is an opioid epidemic because corporations lobbied government officials into letting their shady distributors cook

Lemme get some sources @Brother_Five

 

[rickmogul]

Small change. U know those grocery / drug store and discounts u get from scanning that little keychain barcode logo @ the register? DEA and Life insurance companies monitor these purchases.

 

[IceBergTaylor]

It's not like they really have a choice. Might as well make a profit. Government will find a way to shut their ass down if they don't cooperate. You know it and I know it.

Corporations run the government not the other way around

There is an opioid epidemic because corporations lobbied government officials into letting their shady distributors cook

Lemme get some sources @Brother_Five

What more proof than you need than corporations funding presidential candidates millions during campaigns?

 

[b'mer...]

Anyone kno how to navigate the dark web? Supposedly, its untraceable...

 

[loch121]

I gotta metro