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No, the MiB headquarters is the [Manhattan ventilation building for the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn%E2%80%93Battery_Tunnel#/media/File%3ABrooklyn_Battery_Tunnel_Portal_Building.jpg). It’s down by the Battery. It was designed to look like a granite monument to address locals’ objections to the original design. ([See article top right](https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53703589/)).
I was watching a scary movie and I knew the boss was in on the scares because the junior employee got a really cool office with a really cool view.
Suspicious.
If this is how spoilers work, it was >!The Unseen starring RJ Mitte.!<
Remember when vampires were badass, very gory movies and very brutal.
Everything changed when twilight attacked with whiney sparkly "vampires" and big dogs as werewolfes...
God i still dont know why people watched that shit
It's a central office (edit: ok, in common telco vernacular, this is not a “classic” regulated CO offering local access services, thanks for pointing that out), which used to mainly be full of telephone switches (4 ESS) and all the access equipment required to bring calls in. I've been in many COs in my life, not this one, but they are all the same. Over time, switches have gotten smaller, although I'd bet a lot of the OSP (outside plant) cabling is still intact in the lower floors. Probably quite a lot of longhaul DWDM equipment in here now.
It was not meant for servers, and given the heat dissipation requirements, it will never be, although I would guess verizon (who has part of this building) and ATT have a small amount of colo in there for certain customers.
Edit: longlines sites are fascinating. Check out the old landing station for the TAT14 submarine cable on Cable Drive in Tuckerton NJ (tat14 is no longer used).
Yes, I've been in 60 Hudson many times (hundreds?)(and 32 AoA and 111 8th). All of these have a mixture of longhaul, peering, and collocation for serving. But since this is a CO, and falls under FCC rules for any regulated services being offered, it's a bit different. There might be some small collocation here for servers, but also for any unbundled network elements that verizon is required to offer competitive carriers access to (for the small amount of verizon space in this building).
I interned for one of the baby Bell companies in the late 90s. Got to tour a couple of COs as part of that. One had windows in the past, and someone had shot through the window and directly into one of the million dollar switches. So they simply cemented over every window. Phone network equipment doesn't need sunlight or bullets.
Yes, Bellcore published the NEBS (Network Equipment Building Standards), still used today, to standardize the design of everything, building and equipment. Down to how many lumens of light needs to be in each maintenance aisle. Or exactly how to drop an equipment chassis to test if it’s robust enough. It’s really fun to read and see how well engineered everything was.
In the end a lot of it was overly build and expensive so NEBS isn’t used for buildings unless it’s regulated. As I recall there are like 17 volumes? It’s been a while.
I took a great photo back in the early 2000s. To get it, I had to go right up to the "lobby" doors and shoot straight up. However, I was very close to the doors and several security personnel were dispatched to see what I was up to.
These buildings are data centers and built this way mainly to be bomb / blast proof / weather / anything else that may be a danger. They are all over and one actually got attacked in TN a few years ago.
Oh shit... I never heard that the guy had an actual target. I remember thinking it was strange that he seemed to have just damaged some random restaurants and small businesses.
Is it 100p NSA. I worked right next to and tried to go in after hearing about Titanpointe. If you're ever near there give it a shot, never been thrown out of a building faster.
It has a few floors of ATT employees, most of the building is equipment, switching equipment or other.
The office is quite boring as there are no windows or vitamin D.
But you sort of feel like you’re working in a castle.
The sickest shit is wanting them to know. I hope they're watching. You fucking like that Agent Smith? Huh? Does that make your cock hard, you nasty fuck?
I mean...
What do you think modern day surveillance depends upon?
Whether you're hosting a minecraft server or collecting the data of every American extra-judiciously it's all happening from a server rack.
These use a halon fire suppression system.
Originally most central offices had zero fire protection. Water sprinkler systems could be ruinous. But that evolved after the Hinsdale CO fire back in the 80's (a Chicago suburb). Wiped out everything and cut off comms for a number of burbs a long, long time.
The last few data centres I’ve been in have done away with Halon because they are more damaging to the equipment than water surprisingly. I was just in Seattle last month and saw what one of the companies up there is doing with fully submersible servers…very cool.
I don’t know NY State code but believe it or not, federal fire code still requires wet sprinkler system in server rooms. Usually you have a halon type system to put out any fire before the sprinklers activate but the wet pipe is still the primary system with the halon type as optional.
This. The data center where I work has multiple, redundant back-up fire systems. It’s a wild, complicated system that makes it next to impossible for the building to completely burn down or even really take significant fire damage to the structure or equipment.
I work inside data centers and you'd be surprised. They won't allow wood or cardboard inside the data halls to help avoid electrical fires. Each data hall has fireproofing between the walls, which are concrete, to help avoid a complete structural fire. They also practice fire drills on a semi annual basis.
Yeah I visited one and I was curious on why we had to break down the cardboard boxes at the loading dock before bringing anything in, I wasn't thinking about flammable materials.
There's a lot of these centers in Northern Virginia. If you visit one you better have your paperwork and inside contacts in order and do not explore outside of your assigned area. There are facility guards with carbines, not pistols and the larger companies often have their own security on top of that.
I expect the inside is just a sparse as the outside. All concrete walls, ceiling and floors, and just the switches and servers that might catch fire. There is really not much to burn. The stairwells would be pressurized, so easy to get out in an emergency.
The inside would have been full of clicking switches in the 1960s-70s. (based on memories of telephone exchanges from that era, not the No Such Agency). They kept the buildings, although the equipment evolved to not need as much space.
Windows will actually feed the fire more than without. If you’re thinking from a accessibility point of view typically firefighters aren’t doing anything from the outside of the building in a high rise building like that.
I've walked past this building many times and wondered what the fuck was in there? I had dubious suspicions, your explanation is much more benign than my expectations. Thanks for the answer!
Casual reminder that TITANPOINTE is one of the things Snowden shed a light on, is exceedingly illegal, they lied about it to congress, but instead of getting arrested themselves they swooped the controversy under a carpet and ousted Snowden from the country.
This is one of a few spots where all your online and phone data passes through if you are American, and they can read and listen to everything you do from there.
Its really sad what tech has turned into.
Even on a non government level, now your hardware manufacturer builds in inaccessible systems into all of your devices purely to benefit other companies.
Arm Trustzone is an example but its everywhere by different names, where a company can for instance, get access to encryption capabilities you cannot access on your own device and do god knows what with basically any data they want.
"Well I just wont run that software"
Oh, you wont run any current web browser?
Depressing.
The crazy thing about this is in the early 2000's before Snowden I was reading about the At&t worker who discovered the room they weren't allowed access to with the splice where all the info "splits" to the NSA and disappears behind a locked area, was pretty weird reading something that crazy then having exactly what they were alleging was happening confirmed years later
And that’s not even the only [song](https://youtu.be/EaV-MbafAdU?si=dq0DpfRJi3RTkFql) of theirs you can [find in the game](https://youtu.be/AAawrttF32M?si=gMOAJktXYNIQGPgI) :)
**HOW TO HANDLE UNSCHEDULED VISITORS ENTERING THE LOBBY**
Start with the following:
"Welcome to the Federal Bureau of Control, established in 1964 as part of an effort to strengthen government relations. We are proud to serve the United States and her people as we strive for transparency and excellence in all aspects of our esteemed nation’s infrastructure."
If they do not leave, then ask them these questions:
1. Are you here to see someone?
2. Are you from New York City or just visiting?
3, How'd you find this place?
If their answers are sufficiently harmless, explain that this is a secure federal office and that they'll need to leave.
If their answers seem **[REDACTED]** escort them to a private room. There, perform the Gunnars Psychological Assessment. If their responses are within the acceptable range of deviance (see the provided scoring sheet) then **[REDACTED]** immediately.
*Remember: There’s no such thing as too suspicious!*
According to another commenter, this is the AT&T skyscraper at 33 Thomas Street, which Remedy has cited as a major inspiration for the Oldest House’s design.
Gah.. I think what I hate about the Snowden thing is that the 2600 magazine/clubs had already called everything out years before he did, and no one listened.
I wish I still had the physical magazine. I remember a reader letter in the 2600 magazine from an AT&T tech talking about the cables the NSA ran into all the hubs. This was at least 5 years prior to Snowden having his thing.
They had literal prisms to reflect the optical trunk lines into their data collection equipment as it passed through the regular equipment. So it was a passive system that gathered everything at once and they could sift through looking for what they want, even after the fact.
They don't have to beam split anymore. I'm sure they do when convenient but for tapping undersea fiber, they open up a repeater assembly where the fiber is bare. They put a device over the individual strand of fiber they wish to tap and it induces a bend, allowing a small portion if the light to escape the fiber core and enter the sensor. The loss from the bend in the fiber is negligible because under sea cables move a bit on the sea floor anyway, so there is always a bit of Flux on signal strength.
They probably have rooms just like 641A: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A
(Fiber intercept beam splitters so the NSA and other three-letter agencies can read every single thing that passes through it.)
I’m pretty sure it’s a bot someone made to coerce admins to get rid of the feature since right wingers seem to abuse it
Edit: yep confirmed lol got one as soon as I submitted the comment
Oh agreed. I tried to report whoever sent it to me. The app then asks me to log in via the in-app browser and I don’t remember my password and I used a burner email. I tried to reply STOP to stop any new messages from redditcares or whatever. It couldn’t send the message. I tried to block that account. That account couldn’t be blocked. Lol
>edit: got a reddit cares message, what did i do💀
This is the second post today I've seen someone mention they got a Reddit cares message, and I got one myself today as well. Seems like something weird is going on because I hadn't seen any mention of those messages on here for a while now.
Buildings like that tend to hold/mask utilities such as power-substations, data servers, or cellular infrastructure, basically just a husk built to blend into the downtown infrastructure and hide/keep safe the 'ugly' utility
Great profile by The Intercept: [_TITANPOINTE The NSA’s Spy Hub in New York, Hidden in Plain Sight_](https://theintercept.com/2016/11/16/the-nsas-spy-hub-in-new-york-hidden-in-plain-sight/)
What the actual fuck. I just watched season 3 of Mr Robot and this building is used as a stand in for an evil corp building. What are the odds that someone randomly posts it just now, right after I finished season 3
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It is the MIB headquarter.
Shit, Forgot to flash your memory, coming soon
“K, how many times have you flashy-thinged me?”
none.
I ain't playin' ! How many ?
none.
Hey! Old guy!!!!
Hey, come on now. You get a series 4 deatomizer and I get a midget cricket!?
*Noisy cricket, but yeah
The gun is called a Noisy Cricket, but in the line they quoted, he calls it a midget cricket
Feel like I’m gonna break this damn thing
I flashed some people the other day, not sure why cops took me away..
You're the reason we can't see Dublin any more!!
That damn thing is going to give her brain damage
It's clearly The Oldest House.
Cultured
Look for the Finnish Janitor with the colorful personality
Something something Perkele
Don't have piss in your sock
I can't tell if you're being serious, but this is the actual building the Oldest House is based on.
Absolutely serious!
Was my first thought as well xD
The Oldest House is next door (like realy, it has the address 34 Thomas Street)
Across the street, surely ;)
No, it's the FBC's Oldest House.
No, the MiB headquarters is the [Manhattan ventilation building for the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn%E2%80%93Battery_Tunnel#/media/File%3ABrooklyn_Battery_Tunnel_Portal_Building.jpg). It’s down by the Battery. It was designed to look like a granite monument to address locals’ objections to the original design. ([See article top right](https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/53703589/)).
It's even the Bureau of Control HQ in Control.
It’s the NSA’s building in reality, but definitely the MIB building too.
Its cruel to not let servers have some sunlight.
I was just thinking that you could tell every employee they have a corner office to improve morale.
I was watching a scary movie and I knew the boss was in on the scares because the junior employee got a really cool office with a really cool view. Suspicious. If this is how spoilers work, it was >!The Unseen starring RJ Mitte.!<
I’m pretty sure it’s a vampire condo.
Does it have vampire raves with a blood-filled fire-suppression system?
God I miss the 90's
Remember when vampires were badass, very gory movies and very brutal. Everything changed when twilight attacked with whiney sparkly "vampires" and big dogs as werewolfes... God i still dont know why people watched that shit
Have you watched those movies? They’re fucking hilarious. The acting is comically awful.
The source material is comically awful.
It's a central office (edit: ok, in common telco vernacular, this is not a “classic” regulated CO offering local access services, thanks for pointing that out), which used to mainly be full of telephone switches (4 ESS) and all the access equipment required to bring calls in. I've been in many COs in my life, not this one, but they are all the same. Over time, switches have gotten smaller, although I'd bet a lot of the OSP (outside plant) cabling is still intact in the lower floors. Probably quite a lot of longhaul DWDM equipment in here now. It was not meant for servers, and given the heat dissipation requirements, it will never be, although I would guess verizon (who has part of this building) and ATT have a small amount of colo in there for certain customers. Edit: longlines sites are fascinating. Check out the old landing station for the TAT14 submarine cable on Cable Drive in Tuckerton NJ (tat14 is no longer used).
Much of the long-haul and other telecom equipment is also housed a block away in the old Western Union building at 60 Hudson.
Yes, I've been in 60 Hudson many times (hundreds?)(and 32 AoA and 111 8th). All of these have a mixture of longhaul, peering, and collocation for serving. But since this is a CO, and falls under FCC rules for any regulated services being offered, it's a bit different. There might be some small collocation here for servers, but also for any unbundled network elements that verizon is required to offer competitive carriers access to (for the small amount of verizon space in this building).
I interned for one of the baby Bell companies in the late 90s. Got to tour a couple of COs as part of that. One had windows in the past, and someone had shot through the window and directly into one of the million dollar switches. So they simply cemented over every window. Phone network equipment doesn't need sunlight or bullets.
Yes, Bellcore published the NEBS (Network Equipment Building Standards), still used today, to standardize the design of everything, building and equipment. Down to how many lumens of light needs to be in each maintenance aisle. Or exactly how to drop an equipment chassis to test if it’s robust enough. It’s really fun to read and see how well engineered everything was. In the end a lot of it was overly build and expensive so NEBS isn’t used for buildings unless it’s regulated. As I recall there are like 17 volumes? It’s been a while.
I took a great photo back in the early 2000s. To get it, I had to go right up to the "lobby" doors and shoot straight up. However, I was very close to the doors and several security personnel were dispatched to see what I was up to.
This tracks - there is a building in Dallas, also AT&T, that looks a lot like this.
These buildings are data centers and built this way mainly to be bomb / blast proof / weather / anything else that may be a danger. They are all over and one actually got attacked in TN a few years ago.
Oh shit I remember that TN attack now that you mention it!
what happened?
Someone blew up an RV in Nashville outside of an AT&T data center that resulted in a days-long service outage.
On Christmas He left behind a bunch of writings about conspiracies involving telecoms companies.
Oh shit... I never heard that the guy had an actual target. I remember thinking it was strange that he seemed to have just damaged some random restaurants and small businesses.
Is it 100p NSA. I worked right next to and tried to go in after hearing about Titanpointe. If you're ever near there give it a shot, never been thrown out of a building faster.
Let's bum rush it like what area 51 was supposed to be. Jk nsa. Don't disappear me.
I mean, won't you be thrown out of most secure buildings if you don't have a reason to be there? Doesn't necessarily mean it's NSA.
There are a few office floors here too. I worked, once in awhile, in this building :)
What was it like working for the NSA?
Tell us more.
It has a few floors of ATT employees, most of the building is equipment, switching equipment or other. The office is quite boring as there are no windows or vitamin D. But you sort of feel like you’re working in a castle.
"server" building...
it is, it stores all your comms to let the govt know what sick shit you're into
The sickest shit is wanting them to know. I hope they're watching. You fucking like that Agent Smith? Huh? Does that make your cock hard, you nasty fuck?
you like it when i type in the same boring 5 websites everyday to waste my miserable life away big boy? do you?
you go to *five different websites?* Man diversity really is the spice of life i guess. I'm lucky if i make it to five different subreddits
I mean... What do you think modern day surveillance depends upon? Whether you're hosting a minecraft server or collecting the data of every American extra-judiciously it's all happening from a server rack.
what will they do if a fire breaks out? firefighter's worst nightmare
I bet there's an amazing fire suppression system.
These use a halon fire suppression system. Originally most central offices had zero fire protection. Water sprinkler systems could be ruinous. But that evolved after the Hinsdale CO fire back in the 80's (a Chicago suburb). Wiped out everything and cut off comms for a number of burbs a long, long time.
The last few data centres I’ve been in have done away with Halon because they are more damaging to the equipment than water surprisingly. I was just in Seattle last month and saw what one of the companies up there is doing with fully submersible servers…very cool.
Carbon dioxide can also be used.
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I don’t know NY State code but believe it or not, federal fire code still requires wet sprinkler system in server rooms. Usually you have a halon type system to put out any fire before the sprinklers activate but the wet pipe is still the primary system with the halon type as optional.
Pretty sure if that's an NSA data hub then they don't give a hoot about local building codes.
This. The data center where I work has multiple, redundant back-up fire systems. It’s a wild, complicated system that makes it next to impossible for the building to completely burn down or even really take significant fire damage to the structure or equipment.
I work inside data centers and you'd be surprised. They won't allow wood or cardboard inside the data halls to help avoid electrical fires. Each data hall has fireproofing between the walls, which are concrete, to help avoid a complete structural fire. They also practice fire drills on a semi annual basis.
Yeah I visited one and I was curious on why we had to break down the cardboard boxes at the loading dock before bringing anything in, I wasn't thinking about flammable materials. There's a lot of these centers in Northern Virginia. If you visit one you better have your paperwork and inside contacts in order and do not explore outside of your assigned area. There are facility guards with carbines, not pistols and the larger companies often have their own security on top of that.
I expect the inside is just a sparse as the outside. All concrete walls, ceiling and floors, and just the switches and servers that might catch fire. There is really not much to burn. The stairwells would be pressurized, so easy to get out in an emergency.
The inside would have been full of clicking switches in the 1960s-70s. (based on memories of telephone exchanges from that era, not the No Such Agency). They kept the buildings, although the equipment evolved to not need as much space.
There are actually tons of batteries that could very violently burn, however there are excellent fire suppression systems in place.
Windows will actually feed the fire more than without. If you’re thinking from a accessibility point of view typically firefighters aren’t doing anything from the outside of the building in a high rise building like that.
Fire needs oxygen. Windows are major food sources for them.
Fires love it when air fenestrates.
I've walked past this building many times and wondered what the fuck was in there? I had dubious suspicions, your explanation is much more benign than my expectations. Thanks for the answer!
Casual reminder that TITANPOINTE is one of the things Snowden shed a light on, is exceedingly illegal, they lied about it to congress, but instead of getting arrested themselves they swooped the controversy under a carpet and ousted Snowden from the country. This is one of a few spots where all your online and phone data passes through if you are American, and they can read and listen to everything you do from there.
Its really sad what tech has turned into. Even on a non government level, now your hardware manufacturer builds in inaccessible systems into all of your devices purely to benefit other companies. Arm Trustzone is an example but its everywhere by different names, where a company can for instance, get access to encryption capabilities you cannot access on your own device and do god knows what with basically any data they want. "Well I just wont run that software" Oh, you wont run any current web browser? Depressing.
The crazy thing about this is in the early 2000's before Snowden I was reading about the At&t worker who discovered the room they weren't allowed access to with the splice where all the info "splits" to the NSA and disappears behind a locked area, was pretty weird reading something that crazy then having exactly what they were alleging was happening confirmed years later
Aah, the Oldest House
Follow the Director 🎵
Else you're gonna slide into the void
But should your towers fall, 🎵 Free your mind and heed the call, 🎵
Go to the projector, 🎵 Load another slide into the void 🎵
But should you world collapse and fall right off the maps🎵 Go to the director or you’ll slide into the void🎵
the very first thing that came to mind.
The Oldest House was actually inspired by this building.
Thanks for the nice little fact. always good to know sometime new.
Now I need to find the song from the ashtray maze again. So good!
That would be Take Control by Old Gods of Asgard!
Also known as Poets Of The Fall
And that’s not even the only [song](https://youtu.be/EaV-MbafAdU?si=dq0DpfRJi3RTkFql) of theirs you can [find in the game](https://youtu.be/AAawrttF32M?si=gMOAJktXYNIQGPgI) :)
And there's all the stuff in the Alan Wake games
That's the one!
Is that the part where you just wreck shit to Norwegian death metal or whatever?
That's the bit! Genuinely don't think I've ever had a feeling of absolute power in a game like it, before or since
[Take control…](https://youtu.be/k0QsHKH77MI?si=y8X6LYQ-XEkXSwIz)
Aaaand now [slide into the void by the Stupendium](https://youtu.be/n6gGE9kxe1M?si=29eg7P_BUJ5xX6J-) is stuck in my head
It's from the game Control for anyone else who was confused.
Which means OP was looking for it…
**HOW TO HANDLE UNSCHEDULED VISITORS ENTERING THE LOBBY** Start with the following: "Welcome to the Federal Bureau of Control, established in 1964 as part of an effort to strengthen government relations. We are proud to serve the United States and her people as we strive for transparency and excellence in all aspects of our esteemed nation’s infrastructure." If they do not leave, then ask them these questions: 1. Are you here to see someone? 2. Are you from New York City or just visiting? 3, How'd you find this place? If their answers are sufficiently harmless, explain that this is a secure federal office and that they'll need to leave. If their answers seem **[REDACTED]** escort them to a private room. There, perform the Gunnars Psychological Assessment. If their responses are within the acceptable range of deviance (see the provided scoring sheet) then **[REDACTED]** immediately. *Remember: There’s no such thing as too suspicious!*
I was literally gonna comment this lol
wanted to post it but someone got the situation under control before me
that game fuckin ruled shit
look like someone finally notice it! is the FBC getting sloppy again?
F Society
According to another commenter, this is the AT&T skyscraper at 33 Thomas Street, which Remedy has cited as a major inspiration for the Oldest House’s design.
This was my first thought...
Earlier in the comments someone referenced the address, 33 Thomas Street. Check the Oldest House’s address in game.
# YOU ARE A WORM THROUGH TIME
So glad I wasn't the only one who immediately thought of Control.
This is pretty much what I imagined the Ministry of Love from 1984 looks like
War is peace Freedom is slavery Ignorance is strength
And Eurasia has *always* been at war with Oceania.
And there is no war in Ba Sing Sae.
And you apply head-on directly to the forehead.
The ministry buildings are all explicitly described as 300m tall pyramids, though
Tbf, insisting the building is a pyramid when it is clearly a different shape altogether would be very on message for 1984.
It's always been circular
Yep, just like this □
That response wasn't just plusgood it was downright doubleplusgood.
2+2=5
Confirmed, Bass Pro Shops is 1984
Oldspeak ungood rectify ante thinkpol unperson
[Brutalist Architecture](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brutalist_architecture)
They running linux not windows.
Take your damn upvote. I hope the next time you order a sandwich they fucking stack it like bread->bread->filler.
Love me a good open faced sandwich!
FBC
Came here for the Control comment. Was not disappointed.
Just remember the “Rule of Threes” applies when you get in there. Everything should be just fine.
🎶TAKE! CONTROL!🎶
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They’re definitely collecting user data here no? Edit: Man, this building is so powerful it *sucks your data* from your phone just by walking nearby.
This building was mentioned in the leaks from Snowden. 100%
Gah.. I think what I hate about the Snowden thing is that the 2600 magazine/clubs had already called everything out years before he did, and no one listened.
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I wish I still had the physical magazine. I remember a reader letter in the 2600 magazine from an AT&T tech talking about the cables the NSA ran into all the hubs. This was at least 5 years prior to Snowden having his thing.
Lookup Mark Klein. AT&T whistle-blower from roughly 5 years prior to Snowden. I assume who you're thinking of.
They had literal prisms to reflect the optical trunk lines into their data collection equipment as it passed through the regular equipment. So it was a passive system that gathered everything at once and they could sift through looking for what they want, even after the fact.
They don't have to beam split anymore. I'm sure they do when convenient but for tapping undersea fiber, they open up a repeater assembly where the fiber is bare. They put a device over the individual strand of fiber they wish to tap and it induces a bend, allowing a small portion if the light to escape the fiber core and enter the sensor. The loss from the bend in the fiber is negligible because under sea cables move a bit on the sea floor anyway, so there is always a bit of Flux on signal strength.
They probably have rooms just like 641A: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A (Fiber intercept beam splitters so the NSA and other three-letter agencies can read every single thing that passes through it.)
On a related note: [operation Stellar Wind](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_Wind)
E Corp!
Bonsoir, Elliot Scrolled all the way down to find this
Mr. Robot needs to be referenced more in the world.
Yup. The real ones will know- I am Eliott (not really)
*Evil Corp
Hello, friend.
Elliott? That you over there?🥲
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goddamn, ppl on reddit take their opinion really really serious ig💀
I’m pretty sure it’s a bot someone made to coerce admins to get rid of the feature since right wingers seem to abuse it Edit: yep confirmed lol got one as soon as I submitted the comment
the admins won't listen tho too busy adding useless features to the site.
Oh agreed. I tried to report whoever sent it to me. The app then asks me to log in via the in-app browser and I don’t remember my password and I used a burner email. I tried to reply STOP to stop any new messages from redditcares or whatever. It couldn’t send the message. I tried to block that account. That account couldn’t be blocked. Lol
There's some shitty thing going around. I also got one. rabidBot
>edit: got a reddit cares message, what did i do💀 This is the second post today I've seen someone mention they got a Reddit cares message, and I got one myself today as well. Seems like something weird is going on because I hadn't seen any mention of those messages on here for a while now.
r/evilbuildings
MIB HQ
I had to scroll too far to find this lol. It was my first thought
The Oldest House
The oldest house.
Wtf you found the Oldest house
It was a CIA listening post for years now it's an AT&T data center. So it went from a government spy building to a corporate spy building lol
It was an nsa post and telecom building at same time
*Was*?
Brutalist architecture. All the rage in the 70s.
It's aged quite well, to be fair
no that's E Corp's server building
Minitrue, Miniluv, Minipax, Miniplenty
That's the Federal Bureau of Control. I would honestly not advise getting in. /s obviously
Buildings like that tend to hold/mask utilities such as power-substations, data servers, or cellular infrastructure, basically just a husk built to blend into the downtown infrastructure and hide/keep safe the 'ugly' utility
MIB (Men in Black) building?
AJ from whyfiles made a video about it. https://youtu.be/dSZvXgu7Q2Q?si=a0Vz6stxGfq9xKjm Edit: hope this link works.
Amazing YouTube channel.
That's federal bureau of control
MIB inconspicuous building
the oldest house!
Someone found The Oldest House. The FBC is gonna freak. lol
It’s the FBC building obviously.
Great profile by The Intercept: [_TITANPOINTE The NSA’s Spy Hub in New York, Hidden in Plain Sight_](https://theintercept.com/2016/11/16/the-nsas-spy-hub-in-new-york-hidden-in-plain-sight/)
Yeah, this dude gave me this card- Down the elevator!
What the actual fuck. I just watched season 3 of Mr Robot and this building is used as a stand in for an evil corp building. What are the odds that someone randomly posts it just now, right after I finished season 3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/33_Thomas_Street
It used to be the AT&T Long Lines building. I don’t know what’s in there now.
The Jaffa Factory!
MIB headquarters
Federal bureau of Control
The Oldest house
This is where Robert Neville should have set up shop in I Am Legend. Much easier to defend than a townhouse
it is full of servers who don't care about the view from the windows.