EFF Sues AT&T Over NSA Wiretapping 746
Omega1045 writes "Cory Doctorow over at BoingBoing is reporting that the Electronic Frontier Foundation has just filed a lawsuit against AT&T for helping the National Security Agency execute illegal warrant-less wiretaps against American citizens.
From the article: 'The lawsuits alleges that AT&T Corp. has opened its key telecommunications facilities and databases to direct access by the NSA and/or other government agencies, thereby disclosing to the government the contents of its customers' communications as well as detailed communications records about millions of its customers, including the lawsuit's class members.'"
TLA truck overturns on the turnpike (Score:5, Funny)
Yes! (Score:5, Funny)
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What'd they say? (Score:5, Funny)
"What'd they say?"
"Said they're gonna sue AT&T."
"Why?"
"Dunno, probably because AT&T let's us wiretap illegally."
"What're they saying now?"
"Something about their line is probably even now being bugged."
"Harsh!"
TLAs... (Score:5, Funny)
OMG!
Good for them. (Score:3, Funny)
In other news, Cory better be careful or he may get another mean letter [slashdot.org] calling him names and threatenin' all legal-like.
Does the NSA need help? (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe they haven't yet perfected undersea cable interception.
Where are those laser guided sharks when you need them?
Re:Not illegal. (Score:5, Funny)
Aren't you supposed to be preparing for your speech tonight?
Re:It's about time EFF got back into the news! (Score:4, Funny)
If AT&T is innocent, they have nothing to hide (Score:5, Funny)
So next time you make a call (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Interesting (Score:1, Funny)
Unwritten Rule 37.2.b: Don't fuck with the NSA.
I hope you realize the peril I'm facing for writting an unwritten rule, but I thought it had to be said.
Re:Excuse me? (Score:5, Funny)
click...I, for one, welcome our warrantless, wire-tapping overlords...hello, hello, is this thing on, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? I SAID I can be useful in rounding up fellow slashdotters to slave in your undeground Echelon data store....click
Re:TLA truck overturns on the turnpike (Score:5, Funny)
How is this off topic? They couldn't have worked more alphabet-soup acronyms into the headline if they tried?
Well, maybe they could. Let's try rewriting the story:
19 acronyms, 5 abbreviations, etc.
Well, its certainly Acronym 2.0 compliant.
Re:Excuse me? (Score:2, Funny)
Honey, I know it's hard for you right now, but you hang in there. In a few years you'll be at college and everything will seem so different. Now turn off your music, log out of your blog and I'll be back to tuck you in in five minutes
Re:What ever happened to ... (Score:2, Funny)
was them.
Re:If AT&T is innocent, they have nothing to h (Score:4, Funny)
Re:What can we, as individuals, really do? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Yes! (Score:4, Funny)
Y RLY (Score:3, Funny)
Re:LOL! (Score:5, Funny)
NSA>EFF
FU AT&T
Re:"if you're doing nothing wrong, then you have n (Score:1, Funny)
Are you talking smack about US intelligence? (Score:5, Funny)
Like what, sport? Smoke signals? Wooo, the terrorists KNOW that US Signals Intelligence is trying to listen in on their phone calls/email/faxes and any other form of electronic communications they can get their 40 foot dishes on! Oh Noes!!1!ONE1!ELEVENTY1!
Do the words "No shit Sherlock" hold any meaning for you? Any terrorist that didn't already know this was already killed or captured long before 9/11 or any other major event. It's just common sense. Terrorist darwinism. If you are too f'in stupid to stego-encrypt your plans to blow up the White House in an apparent P3N15 enlargement spam, you were a dead terrorist already. The ones that aren't dead are the ones that know better. Either that, or you're saying the good men and women of our nation's intelligence agencies are incredibly stupid, endangering American lives with negligent job performance, and deserve to be fired.
Wait a minute... that's exactly what you're saying... That's it isn't asshole? You're talking shit about our CIA/DIA/FBI/KGB/SIGINT/STASI/NSA/NRO/DHS, aren't you, you mother fucking unpatriotic piece of horse shit!!! You're saying there are terrorist sending plain text email that haven't been captured! You mother fucker... Call in the jack boots and kick itsdave's ass. You're with us or against us you unpatriotic towel head son of a bitch. What's it gonna be 'dave' or should I say Akmed?!?!
... there, now you know how stupid you sound to the rest of the free world.
Re:Yes! (Score:5, Funny)
"But Osama, Osama, you said they had to go to FISA before they could wiretap our conversations! Now they're doing it without a warrant!"
"What can I say, how can I get a lawyer when we won't deal with Jews?"
In other news... (Score:2, Funny)
Ambulance Chasers (Score:2, Funny)