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When I wrote my representative, this point is what I stressed. Strong privacy protections will become a competitive advantage for nations going forward, and th
by furyg3 13y ago
When I wrote my representative, this point is what I stressed.
Strong privacy protections will become a competitive advantage for nations going forward, and the US will lose business if they maintain the right to spy on 'foreign' communications which pass through their network (or don't).
Many Americans and EU citizens alike would probably pay extra for services which are incorporated and hosted in countries with strong, enforced privacy regulations. Some organisations may be required to use services with strong privacy protections located outside of the US.
- leoc 13y agoPart of the reason that people from around the world are keen to put their money into US property, and thus to contribute significantly to the wealth of the US, is because they justifiably believe that their US property rights have some real and effective protection based in law, not just the good intentions of the US government. When they figure out that their US cloud data has no similar protection, it's likely to have adverse consequences for the US over time. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5853380 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5853380 (The situation with "upstream collection" of data passing though US telcos is less clear-cut, and in any case there's SSL for that - it's the PRISM "direct collection" which most demands attention.)
- aptwebapps 13y agoThat's a good point, but it's not Schneier's point. He's referring to recent attempts by countries like Russia to make some major changes in the way the internet works - changes that the US and some other countries successfully opposed. The recent revelations undermine the US's position.