10 shocking ways the Government gathers intelligence – You need to know this!

3. Hold the Phone

While some businesses like the Seattle Times were legitimately of their image being used, some other businesses gladly work with the government. Take your phone records; did you know that since 2007, AT&T has been passing customer data to the DEA’s Hemisphere Project? Everything from calls to location of said calls; the program even taps callers who are not AT&T’s direct customers, but who had simply dialed AT&T’s customers. The database is reported to record up to four billion calls EVERY DAY.

Before you feel any sympathy for the company, they are getting paid for this ‘co-operation’. Which is more than can be said for Yahoo, who had to give up user data or face a daily fine of $250, 000 from the NSA!