We've all heard about the NSA and intelligence community spying on US citizens and foreign diplomats. I'm not faulting the agencies for doing their jobs. Yet, the extent of the intelligence gathering is quite alarming. The trust is gone and can NEVER be restored.
As an IT Manager at a startup biotech company, I recently had an experience that is directly related to this entire FUBAR with the NSA. A partner company located in Europe specifically refused to use a cloud service located in the USA, and instead recommended a European based provider.
I had hear about this type of fallout of the spying allegations, and I expected to hear about lost revenue for the top tier cloud service providers in the USA. But, I never expected to have a partner company refuse the USA based cloud provider service. It is happening... this is not a joke.
Not only has the NSA lost the trust of its own citizens, it has also caused an economic loss to US companies. This is a fact.
I do not want to argue the fact that "we are safer" or "we've saved lives". I'll concede that... but certainly the NSA and intelligence community needs to re-examine their tactics.
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