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Report: AT&T making millions off trading sensitive user info to law

Published 10/26/2016, 12:05 AM
Report: AT&T making millions off trading sensitive user info to law
  • Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO)'s been in crosshairs over a purported program made at the behest of government intelligence to spy on its users -- and now AT&T (NYSE:T) and become a media powerhouse.
  • The telecom created a program called "Project Hemisphere" that warrantlessly bundles information on users, including their locations, and sells them to various agencies, the report says: “No warrant is required to make use of the company’s massive trove of data, according to AT&T documents, only a promise from law enforcement to not disclose Hemisphere if an investigation using it becomes public."
  • The Daily Beast reported from AT&T's own documentation on the program, the article says.
  • The nine-year-old program is used in 28 Drug Enforcement Agency centers, the report says, though law enforcement is insulated from the data, which is accessed by AT&T employees.

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