This is slightly political but highly related to the tech industry.
The EFF is suing AT&T for illegally helping the NSA spy on American citizens.
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.
Regardless of ethics this just seems like an amazingly stupid business decision. Your phone conversations are private. I wouldn’t do business with a company if I knew they were going to spy on me. Their investors can’t be too happy either.
Hopefully the stock market will pay attention and ding them accordingly.
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