US snooping a threat to Internet freedoms, cloud computing – Wikipedia founder
November 9, 2013
Grazed from Hot News International. Author: Editorial Staff.
It’s going to have a big impact on the cloud computing industry as people are afraid to put data in the US, but it’s also devastating for the kind of work I do, Jimmy Wales told reporters after an IT event in Norway, cites Reuters. Cloud computing allows users to store and maintain data and applications digitally over the internet. Users can use software and access their files at any computer which has access to the World Wide Web. The technology has been gaining more and more popularity across the world as it makes computing more efficient and less pricey. Yahoo email or Gmail services provided by American tech giants are simple examples of the usage of cloud computing.
If you are BMW, a car maker in Germany, you probably are not that comfortable putting your data into the US anymore, Wales said on Thursday. The revelations by the former National Security Agency contractor over its secret mass surveillance program caused outrage among Europeans. It appears that the agency tapped hundreds of millions of phone lines across Europe as well as fiber cables used for internet communications…
German Chancellor Angela Merkel was particularly angered following reports that the US allegedly tapped her mobile phone. She called it unacceptable, adding that such things are just not done between friends. Other European leaders, including Italy, Belgium, Finland, Malta, said that Washington must provide an explanation over the allegations that the NSA spied on millions of people and that Europe must take a joint stand to protect its citizens. US entrepreneur Wales, who launched the free online encyclopedia in 2001, said that NSA leaks made it more difficult to convince oppressive regimes to respect basic freedom and privacy…
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