Wall Street Journal: AT&T, Sprint also tracked, credit card transactions cataloged

NSA Tracking Credit Card Transactions, Also Has Access To Phone Records From AT&T And Sprint Along With Verizonhttp://t.co/08i4T9QygG

— Skid Willie (@SkidWillie) June 7, 2013

So, is anyone surprised to learn that the NSA’s secret tracking of cell phone activity wasn’t limited to Verizon? The Wall Street Journal reports tonight that both AT&T and Sprint are being mined for data as well, so that “every time the majority of Americans makes a call, NSA gets a record of the location, the number called, the time of the call and the length of the conversation.”

https://twitter.com/zerohedge/status/342818107468947456

so ~330MN US customers, by my rough count, per WSJ: AT&T 107.3MN wireless+31.2MN land. Verizon 98.9MN wireless+ 22.2MN land. Sprint 55MN

— Laura Rozen (@lrozen) June 7, 2013

Also, sources tell the Wall Street Journal that the NSA cataloged credit-card transactions, although it’s unclear if that was part of an ongoing data mining effort or a “one-shot” collection effort.

You credit card transactions are being tracked, too: http://t.co/MitP1dukDo via @WSJ

— Michelle Fields (@MichelleFields) June 7, 2013

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Did I mention how much I love my prepaid, non Verizon / AT&T / Sprint phone with no gps or internet today?

— Joe Feser (@joefeser) June 7, 2013

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Said it before, I'll say it again: the only truly secure method of long-distance communication is definitely carrier pigeon (You're welcome)

— Rebecca Sinderbrand (@sinderbrand) June 6, 2013