[QUOTE]Anyone who took the time to read the UK government’s latest update on its cybersecurity strategy could be forgiven for thinking that a man called Edward Snowden never existed.
Most people who are even slightly plugged in to the world around them would agree, however, that we live in decidedly more interesting times for internet security and privacy than the document would have us believe. Not a day seems to have gone by since the summer without a new revelation of activities by the NSA or GCHQ that have gone just a little further than what most people find acceptable.
Brazil, the EU, and many individual European countries have made serious objections, as have tech companies and a group of 500 prominent writers, artists and academics.
In fact, the only place where you won’t see the NSA affair taking centre stage is in communications from the UK government.
This latest update brings us up to speed on the progress made towards the objectives and the forward plans relating to the cybersecurity strategy that was published two years ago. Yet neither appear to have been affected by the Snowden crisis. There is not the slightest mention of his name in either document. This may not surprise the cynics but it is highly inadequate.
[B]Bad for business
[/B]The very first objective in the original strategy was to make the UK “one of the most secure places in the world to do business in cyberspace”. The Snowden affair has profoundly affected this goal.
At the heart of cybersecurity, as far as businesses are concerned, is the ability to guarantee the confidentiality of sensitive data. Presumably, international companies which operate in competition with UK rivals do not expect to be sharing their business data with GCHQ. Snowden teaches us that they should.
US tech companies are already feared to be losing billions due to the NSA surveillance scandal. The UK hosts fewer such companies but the changed perception of the confidentiality of communications could still risk significant economic losses here. The legal sector is already worried about confidentiality of merger negotiations.[/QUOTE]
Source: [URL]http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20131215/22172625569/uk-government-is-working-snowden-free-bubble.shtml[/URL]
What do you expect with the retards we put in office? They'd bend over backwards to do America's bidding.
And the apathy is still rather high
Just like I imagine they want it to be :P
Sure is a turn around from two hundred years ago, the UK has become the United State's puppet in Europe.
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