Since the scale of the NSA’s Internet eavesdropping came to light, governments and large companies everywhere have been questioning the capacity of American IT firms to guarantee their products’ security. America’s central position in the world’s Internet economy, which seemed secure just two years ago, is now in jeopardy.
DAVIS, CALIFORNIA – In a recent letter to US President Barack Obama, the CEO of Cisco Systems, John Chambers, requested that the National Security Agency stop intercepting the company’s products to install devices for spying on foreign customers. This is the latest in a series of revelations of how US information-technology firms have been enlisted, knowingly or otherwise, in the “war on terror” – revelations that are threatening the American IT sector’s global dominance.
DAVIS, CALIFORNIA – In a recent letter to US President Barack Obama, the CEO of Cisco Systems, John Chambers, requested that the National Security Agency stop intercepting the company’s products to install devices for spying on foreign customers. This is the latest in a series of revelations of how US information-technology firms have been enlisted, knowingly or otherwise, in the “war on terror” – revelations that are threatening the American IT sector’s global dominance.