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IT firms lose billions after NSA scandal
- a3n 13y agoSome people say it's misguided to pull your data out of the US, because it's within US law to spy on foreign communications; there's supposedly some irony in that you make it more likely to expose your data outside the US. But as we've seen, the NSA does not distinguish between US and non-US communication; they spy on everyone, everywhere, with the exact same technologies and practices. In addition to traditional espionage within and without the US, the NSA legally compels US companies to hand over data; they don't have to go to any extraordinary lengths to get data, just compel it. So you should at least make them work for it, and take your data outside the US. Added benefit, there is at least a theoretical chance of improving technology, practices and law outside the US to the point that mass surveillance is no longer economical. But it will always be legal for the NSA to compel data from US companies.