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"I can only imagine just how incendiary such headlines might become: US Seizes Australian Servers in NSA/FBI/Scary-three-letter-name US Agency Sting Operation. That'd go over real well, especially among Commonwealth nations."

I think if that were to happen, it would be another nail in the coffin for the "US cloud".

From www2.itif.org/2013-cloud-computing-costs.pdf‎

"The U.S cloud computing industry stands to lose $22 to $35 billion over the next three years as a result of the recent revelations about the NDA's electronic surveillance programs"




Agreed. It doesn't help that it seems like the US government wants to repeatedly shoot itself in the foot.




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