On: AT&T raises most customers' fees by $1.23, adding ...

[jklinger410]

Crazy that they would institute this just after it was revealed that many of their buildings are hosting NSA spy ops.

[hedora → jklinger410]

The existence of the AT&T spy buildings were public knowledge years before the Snowden leaks happened.

Maybe the renewed publicity around it was a not-so-subtle reminder that they know exactly who the regulators and congress (and everyone else) are sleeping with.

[jklinger410 → hedora]

Did they name the locations before?

I really can't remember.

[tunap → jklinger410]

Prism has been common knowledge since the outing of closet 641 A, ~15 years ago. Even the MSM ran the stories... and most people still couldn't give a shit.

[zepto → jklinger410]

Who paid any attention to that? And how is this going to do anyhjng except pick a few million pockets successfully?

[kevin_thibedeau → zepto]

It was all the rage on Slashdot. You didn't get the memo?

[jklinger410 → zepto]

I suppose that's the bet that the AT&T execs are making, isn't it?