US Federal Judge Single-handedly Kills US Tech Global Market

"It's not like there was much left in the wake of the Edward Snowden disclosures, which threw nine Silicon Valley giants under the global surveillance bus more than a year ago... To the outside world, lack of trust [is] still a big issue. Particularly for Europe... But as relations were beginning to improve, the US judiciary decided that, for the purposes of its own law enforcement and intelligence agencies, the world was its oyster and data stored outside of its jurisdiction was fair game. US to Europe: We'll take what we want, when we want it... " (source infra)

The final nail in the coffin--there is now every incentive for the rest of the world to reject using US technology companies in almost every area--email and other communications, social media, search, cloud storage, etc. Which foreign tech companies will now capture the global market? Most likely Chinese and some European providers, and perhaps Indian, will take the world markets and leave the US in the dust of its "Patriot Act," institutional and governmental paranoia, and overreaching laws--

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