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   Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 21:32:42 JST Sick Sun
   The Why Files is a conspiracy/supernatural channel but it has the best video on the secret NSA spying hub in New York City that I've seen yet.
   
   https://youtu.be/dSZvXgu7Q2Q
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     Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 21:38:08 JST Sick Sun

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     • 「セル」cell (سل)
     @cell A bunch of its inner workings were revealed by the Snowden leaks.
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     「セル」cell (سل) (cell@pl.ebin.zone)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 21:38:09 JST 「セル」cell (سل)

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     @sun what differentiates this at least from your usual windowless datacenter cubic monolith?
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     「セル」cell (سل) (cell@pl.ebin.zone)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 21:49:06 JST 「セル」cell (سل)

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     @sun i think what makes this interesting to me personally is just that they were willing to stick this right in the middle of a major metropolis (that is liable to be nuked too) in plain sight
     
     iirc other countries bundle their telco exchanges/glowie monitoring spots all in some rural area near borders or seas or in the middle of nowhere but here it’s like there in new york passed by everyone
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     Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 21:49:06 JST Sick Sun

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     @cell yes, it was specifically designed and placed to survive while being in an area very probable to be nuked.
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     Agora Brewing (agora_brewing@thebag.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 21:52:24 JST Agora Brewing

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     I like how it looks like a tower from Mordor
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     Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 21:58:03 JST Sick Sun

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     • 「セル」cell (سل)
     @cell what is fun to me is that the NSA documents didn't flat out say that the location was an NSA spying center. But people found multiple NSA employee travel guides that had little details that all added up to fingering the building. They also say fun stuff like "don't show your NSA badge at the building" and "don't use your own car or agency car when visiting, rent a car".
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     Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 22:03:09 JST Sick Sun

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     @birdulon @cell Structurally it's completely immune to "terrorist" attack, which makes sense since it was conceived and built while the government was spying on anti-war protesters.
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     Birdulon (birdulon@shpposter.club)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 22:03:11 JST Birdulon

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     @sun @cell yup, probably the safest place to be within city limits in the event of a nuclear ICBM attack (less so for targeted air raids I guess)
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     Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 22:12:48 JST Sick Sun

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     • Rocc
     @Rocc It's always been run by AT&T but from the beginning it was an NSA spying hub. There are guides for NSA employees teaching them how to operate embedded inside telecom companies without being detected by "normal" workers so I don't know, it's possible that people worked there and didn't know it was the NSA. By now though everybody knows.
     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: repeated this.
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     rocc@misskey.bubbletea.dev's status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 22:12:49 JST Rocc

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     @sun@shitposter.world I saw a great one on that building when it was still a TelEx

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     Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem: (tk@bbs.kawa-kun.com)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 22:55:22 JST Doughnut Lollipop 【記録係】:blobfoxgooglymlem:

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     @sun Good job, @why ! :blobfoxgooglymlem:
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Sunday, 19-May-2024 22:56:21 JST feld

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     @sun @Rocc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A
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     Calvin (calvin@cdrom.tokyo)'s status on Sunday, 26-May-2024 21:12:21 JST Calvin

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     @sun Reminds me of the one in Tennessee that got bombed durong election shenanigans.

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