>> The revelations that have emerged will undoubtedly trigger a reaction abroad as policymakers and ordinary users realize the huge disadvantages of their depen

>> The revelations that have emerged will undoubtedly trigger a reaction abroad as policymakers and ordinary users realize the huge disadvantages of their dependence on U.S.-controlled networks in social media, cloud computing, and telecommunications, and of the formidable resources that are deployed by U.S. national security agencies to mine and monitor those networks. << I think the author doesn't go far enough, and it should read "users realize the huge disadvantages of their dependence on ANY PUBLIC networks". It doesn't matter if it is [directly] U.S.-controlled or not, since other networks are controlled by their respective gov. agencies in that particular countries [or soon will be], and the data can be traded/exchanged. It seems to me this is a trouble for the whole Internet [or soon will be]; it's not U.S.-specific problem.