The Secret NSA building hidden in plain sight

EPISODE · Mar 10, 2022 · 43 MIN

The Secret NSA building hidden in plain sight

from NBTV: Your Money, Your Data, Your Life · host Naomi Brockwell

Once the most trusted search engine for private and neutral search results, Duck Duck Go, just announced that they will now be censoring and filtering content. It may have lost them their core userbase. We'll dive into some alternative search engines, and share Brave CEO Brendan Eich's responses about how Brave Search works.Also, it turns out that one of NYC's most iconic skyscrapers, shrouded in mystery for years with no publicly available information about it, is actually a giant NSA surveillance center. Codenamed TITANPOINTE, the center is hidden in plain sight right in the middle of Manhattan, but is actually one of the most important NSA surveillance sites on U.S. soil.Ryan Gallagher and Henrik Moltke wrote a couple of great pieces for the Intercept a while ago diving into these, which recently resurfaced again on Hacker News, that we'll explore on the show.Read the full investigation here:https://theintercept.com/2016/11/16/the-nsas-spy-hub-in-new-york-hidden-in-plain-sight/Laura Poitras, Henrik Moltke documentary:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOJugaGK0eU0:00   Show Preroll0:53   Naomi's Show Intro1:29  Welcome2:30  Duck Duck Go's announcement4:46   The "Brave" Alternative6:26  Brendan Eich replies to Naomi on Twitter11:55   Intro to Main Story:  The NSA's Spy Hub In The Middle of NYC13:42   Background of the building's construction14:31  "The Intercept" reports 17:01   AT&T24:45   Domestic surveillance revelations26:28  The Blarney Project30:00  What the whistleblowers revealed33:02  AT&T and NSA respond37:06  NSA spying on Americans39:50   Opt out of surveillance services43:19   Show Out and ThanksBrought to you by NBTV members: Sam Ettaro, Will Sandoval, and Naomi BrockwellTo support NBTV, visit https://www.nbtv.media/support(tax-deductible in the US)Sign up for the free CryptoBeat newsletter here:https://cryptobeat.substack.com/Beware of scammers, I will never give you a phone number or reach out to you with investment advice. I do not give investment advice.Visit the NBTV website:https://nbtv.mediaSupport the show

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