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AT&T Doesn't Want You to Know What Data it Gives the NSA

December 12, 2013

Two days ago, I posted about a number of corporations that were standing up to the President and the Congress to ask that Constitutional guarantees of privacy were appropriately balanced against surveillance needs.

Then there's the namby-pamby AT&T, which is apparently content to continue playing ball with the National Security Agency. The Associated Press reported that AT&T sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission last week proclaiming that the service provider “isn’t required to disclose to shareholders what it does with customers’ data.” The letter also said that customer data is well protected and that AT&T only complies with government requests to the extent that is necessary under the law.

The letter was prompted by a group of shareholders who were frustrated with AT&T’s silence regarding its dealings with the NSA.

The company claims that any surveillance or tracking it does on its customers is classified information that it has no right to share. An AT&T spokesman had nothing to add when reached for comment.

As John so aptly put it, "another reason not to like AT&T."

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