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Re: Room 641A

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Post by griffinkelly »

xyst wrote: post #6
nayuki wrote: post #3

Similar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF4EUM8CwT4 "The Secret Behind the Huge, Windowless Skyscraper in NYC" by Half as Interesting And: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street ; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21555954

Is it a known fact that AT&T is in bed with the NSA, or just a coincidence? Titanpointe and Room 641A are currently or formerly owned by AT&T.

My uncle worked for AT&T and he said he was installing hardware to do wiretaps all the time. I don't know the exact specifics, but he would only go so far with the tap, someone later would come in and complete it, presumably from the NSA.

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Post by bootloop »

svdr wrote: post #8

What kind of data do they have access to, now that most internet traffic is encrypted?

- Data which is not encrypted

- Data which is encrypted with a key they have access to (or which is encrypted with insecure methods)

- Data for which they might find a key in the future (If not yet secured by perfect forward secrecy)

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Post by jacobush »

svdr wrote: post #8

What kind of data do they have access to, now that most internet traffic is encrypted?

I will just assume they have a direct feed from FB, Google and Twitter too. And possibly Apple.

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Post by redblacktree »

xyst wrote: post #6
nayuki wrote: post #3

Similar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kF4EUM8CwT4 "The Secret Behind the Huge, Windowless Skyscraper in NYC" by Half as Interesting And: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street ; https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21555954

Is it a known fact that AT&T is in bed with the NSA, or just a coincidence? Titanpointe and Room 641A are currently or formerly owned by AT&T.

Basically all telecom. Highly important for three-letter agencies to have access, and they have basically unlimited resources, so they get access.

Re: Room 641A

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Post by elliekelly »

billme wrote: post #12

(2006) needs to be added to the title, unless there’s substantial new information

Why would a Wikipedia article require a date? Someone else just posted a Wikipedia article about an ancient Aztec city but I think it would be kind of ridiculous for the title to include (1325).
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