Ten biggest tech scandals of the decade

Posted on Saturday, November 13 2010 @ 17:11 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck
CNET has compiled a list of the decade's ten biggest tech scandals, you can read it over here. Here's one of them:
9) AT&T's black ops
In 2006, a former AT&T employee revealed what many people had suspected for a long time: the Bush administration was using the Web to spy on Americans.

AT&T had set up a secret room at its San Francisco facilities where the government--without obtaining a search warrant--collected and monitored Internet traffic belonging to individual Americans.


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Thomas has been messing with computer since early childhood and firmly believes the Internet is the best thing since sliced bread. Enjoys playing with new tech, is fascinated by science, and passionate about financial markets. When not behind a computer, he can be found with running shoes on or lifting heavy weights in the weight room.



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