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It's Official: NSA Spying Is Hurting the US Tech Economy

Posted by samzenpus on from the who's-to-blame dept.

An anonymous reader writes China is backing away from U.S. tech brands for state purchases after NSA revelations, according to Reuters. This confirms what many U.S. technology companies have been saying for the past year: the activities by the NSA are harming their businesses in crucial growth markets, including China. From the article: "A new report confirmed key brands, including Cisco, Apple, Intel, and McAfee -- among others -- have been dropped from the Chinese government's list of authorized brands, a Reuters report said Wednesday. The number of approved foreign technology brands fell by a third, based on an analysis of the procurement list. Less than half of those companies with security products remain on the list."

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  1. Re:Terrorists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    The terrorists already won long ago when Dubya and a willing Congress shredded our civil liberties after 9/11.

    Thats okay, this guy will save us as soon as he gets in office...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAQlsS9diBs

  2. Re:Terrorists by Holi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, they were shredded before 9/11. 9/11 just made it so they didn't have to hide that fact anymore.

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  3. Nononono... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... it's Snowdens fault for telling, not the NSA's fault for spying...

    1. Re:Nononono... by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

      Reminds me of the old joke:

      Question for great Radio Eriwan: Could the catastrophe of Chernobyl have been averted?
      Answer from great Radio Eriwan: Yes, in principle. But the Swedes blabbed.

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  4. The obvious capitalist solution by sdinfoserv · · Score: 3, Funny

    Move manufacturing out of China... it's simple. They won't buy apple goods, move the 1 MILLION FOXCONN apple workers to a different country. That will get someones attention... quickly

  5. Re:Terrorists by michaelwigle · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm thinking a ~Whoosh~ is in order... ;)

  6. Re:Chinese industrial policy by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 4, Funny

    China steals tech, and they want to develop its industries in all fields. Such as stealing wind turbine tech from American Superconductor, high speed rail tech from Japan, France, and Germany, and car tech from the major car manufacturers.

    Well, what do you expect? Like a lot of Americans, they believe we stole the tech from aliens in Area 52.

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