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Re:MI5 'secretly collected phone data' for decade by lucozade on Friday November 06, 2015 @06:36AM (#10518954)
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.

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Re:MI5 'secretly collected phone data' for decade by junto on Friday November 06, 2015 @07:12AM (#10519044)
You're right. It is a public face.

The real hub is Telehouse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telehouse_Europe

and

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...

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