The privacy debate is getting louder in techlandia as it becomes clear that the National Security Agency’s digital snooping, along with other government surveillance programs, could upend the U.S. tech industry’s global dominancwe.
Two recent developments drive this home. The first is a high-profile court case involving the U.S. government and Microsoft. The second is China’s decision to rip foreign technology out of its most important institutions – state-owned companies, banks and government agencies — and shift to domestic suppliers.
It’s worth noting that both the Microsoft case and the China decision are part of a bigger narrative that started taking shape last summer after Edward Snowden leaked information about the U.S. government’s sweeping surveillance programs. Privacy Debate
