AT&T
| AT&T and AT&T Labs |
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| Official Website: http://www.att.com |
| Official about page: http://www.att.com/gen/landing-pages?pid=3309 |
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| Location: US |
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| Business: Telecom, Wiretapping, "Lawful Interception," Data Retention |
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Contents
Background
"According to Binney, one of the deepest secrets of the Stellar Wind program—again, never confirmed until now—was that the NSA gained warrantless access to AT&T’s vast trove of domestic and international billing records, detailed information about who called whom in the US and around the world. As of 2007, AT&T had more than 2.8 trillion records housed in a database at its Florham Park, New Jersey, complex... Once the communications are intercepted and stored, the data-mining begins. “You can watch everybody all the time with data- mining,” Binney says. Everything a person does becomes charted on a graph, “financial transactions or travel or anything,” he says. Thus, as data like bookstore receipts, bank statements, and commuter toll records flow in, the NSA is able to paint a more and more detailed picture of someone’s life." WIRED
"In a report recently published by Wired News, former AT&T technician Mark Klein revealed that in 2003 AT&T had constructed "secret rooms" hidden deep within its corporate offices in various major cities filled with surveillance equipment designed to monitor Internet traffic and analyze data as it passed through the network. The project, rooted into the Department of Defense's Total Information Awareness program, which has been criticized as allowing the department access to widespread Internet data without the need for a search warrant... " PHYS 2006
Products
ThinThread technology merged with TrapWire
- 2006 "Ericsson Buys Redback Networks for $2.1 Billion"CRM Buyer
"With the buy, Ericsson also gains new customers, such as Verizon Communications and AT&T (NYSE: T) at a time when more carriers are seeking to build networks that can seamlessly carry voice, data and video, and extend all three offerings to mobile devices."
Countries using Products
Reports
- "Tomorrow’s Privacy Struggles, On Display Today" NY Times BITS
- "NSA datamining pushes tech envelope" PHYS 2006
People Responsible
Ralph de la Vega, President and CEO, AT&T Mobility
- Ralph de la Vega President and CEO, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets
