I don't know what The Intercept expects anyone to do with that information, but that is new information.
But my point stands.
We've known that these specific buildings are the key hubs in the network for close to a century. And that they're hardened against nuclear attack, etc...
Maybe I was too deep into the phreaking scene in the early days, but I thought this was common knowledge in technology circles.
> We've known that these specific buildings are the key hubs in the network for close to a century. And that they're hardened against nuclear attack, etc...
Yes, it's been known that these specific buildings were key to AT&T's infrastructure. But any speculation that these specific buildings (as opposed to other specific buildings) were also key to NSA projects was just an assumption. The new information, which comes from released NSA memos and documents, shows that these specific 8 buildings are key to the NSA, meaning it's not just based on assumption anymore.
There's some other new information in there from the memos/documents, too. You really should actually read the article before mounting your high horse and spouting off nonsense criticism about it.
To your point however this tidbit does give a good excuse to re raise the issue. Why are we allowed to spy on ourselves?
A privileged electrical technician torches your establishment to the ground and says he should be thanked for forcing you to rebuild stronger.