AT&T Forwarding All Internet Traffic to NSA?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday April 7, 2006 @01:53AM from the will-it-never-end dept.

An anonymous reader writes "SpamDailyNews is reporting that the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a brief that claims AT&T has been forwarding internet traffic directly into the hands of the NSA. The brief was filed under seal (a procedure that allows only the judge and the litigants to view the document) in order to give the court time to review the information. From the article: 'More than just threatening individuals' privacy, AT&T's apparent choice to give the government secret, direct access to millions of ordinary Americans' Internet communications is a threat to the Constitution itself. We are asking the Court to put a stop to it now.'"

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Would try to say something worth while... by mixonic · 2006-04-07 01:57 · Score: 0, Redundant

...and get the Karma...but I'm so fucking shocked confused and angry. What the hell?

-mix
Re:Easy by Ghostx13 · 2006-04-07 02:08 · Score: 0, Redundant

No, the only way a traceroute would reveal anything is if AT&T was routing traffic through the NSA. Even then the hops at the NSA wouldn't return any data. No most likely (didn't RTFA) what AT&T is doing is du plicating packets and sending those to the NSA who inspects them and disgards ones they don't find interesting.