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It's not guarded like a fortress. Unless you're including fortresses that allow the public in regularly. It's guarded like a very noticeable landmark in London

It's not guarded like a fortress. Unless you're including fortresses that allow the public in regularly. It's guarded like a very noticeable landmark in London for the same reason that most targets are guarded - because of bomb threats. As they had a bomb explode in the BT tower, it's not an unreasonable thing to do. Oh, and not all calls and data go through there. I think they still get a fair chunk of microwave comms but that's a very small proportion. If the taps are really there then GCHQ are mostly tapping BBC broadcasts.

junto 11y ago
You're right. It is a public face. The real hub is Telehouse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telehouse_Europe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telehouse_Europe and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastering_the_Internet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastering_the_Internet As I understand it, this is just Project Tempora being officially acknowledged, post-Snowden. The cat is already out of the bag anyway. The best way to announce such a shitty program officially is in another bag full of shit. That's why May has done this now. http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/21/gchq-mastering-the-internet http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/jun/21/gchq-mastering-the...