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Yes an ally having access to sensitive data is exactly the same situation as an authoritarian rival having access.
by hackerlight 2y ago
Yes an ally having access to sensitive data is exactly the same situation as an authoritarian rival having access.
- krapp 2y agoEchelon and Five Eyes would like a word. American data in European hands is a threat to Americans. European data in American hands is a direct threat to Europeans. We still kill people over metadata. And be careful mentioning authoritarianism as if the West hasn't been creeping in that direction for a while. Trump was a clown but also a warning to the rest of the world that American stability and "Pax Americana" could no longer be depended upon long term.
- hackerlight 2y agoThere is so much false equivalence in this thread it's stunning. If you're Europe, do you want to trust the country that just doubled its trade with Russia, or the country who just sent $60bn to Ukraine and is in NATO? The level of naivete from tech people of anything outside their bubble (in this case geopolitics and foreign policy) is unbelievable, it's like they live in a fairy tail world where everyone who does spying is somehow equally hostile to Western interests. It's just not true. Europe cares about Russia and by extension, China. America is an ally helping them fight their enemy. Don't confuse yourself into thinking anything else.
- account42 2y agoLol the US is no one's ally.
- pb7 2y agoThat’s not what the people in charge of your country think.
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