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FYI, Tmob is a defendant named in the EFF suit for illegal wiretapping, along with Verizon and every other major carrier except Qwest.

• jamesbritt 16y ago
  Well, they could be lying, but T-mobile has claimed that they did not participate in the NSA program. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12745304/ns/technology_and_science-security/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12745304/ns/technology_and_scien... Meanwhile AT&T was up front about rolling over. Since any telco can legally lie about this, I'm curious why T-Mobile was later added to the initial suit while Qwest was not. I looked around the EFF site but got tired of poking through PDFs and not finding anything to explain that.
  • count 16y ago
    Joe Nacchio (former Qwest CEO) says Qwest refused to comply and spy on behalf of the NSA, and that cost them contracts: http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071013/news_1n13nsa.html http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071013/news_1n13ns... Granted, he's been convicted of insider trading and may be a biased source, but I'd say it's a good indicator that Qwest isn't named as a defendant in the EFF suits.
    • jamesbritt 16y ago
      T-mobile issued a similar statement, that they did not participate and did not turn over any records. No mention of losing contracts over it. Hell, maybe AT&T wants to buy T-Mobile to ensure everyone gets spied on equally. Look for an attempt to buy Qwest next. :)