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RKP5637

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Fri Jun 27, 2014, 09:40 AM Jun 2014

German government to drop Verizon because of U.S. spying

Nothing special about Verizon (or other US providers). I would drop them too! Who wants the US spying on everyone if given an option for other choices.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2394300/reports-german-government-to-drop-verizon-because-of-us-spying.html

The German government is reportedly dropping Verizon Communications as a service provider because of worries about U.S. spying.

The government will shift all services provided by Verizon to Deutsche Telekom by the end of 2015. It had been reviewing its communications contracts already, but concerns about possible spying by the U.S. National Security Agency helped to tip the scales against Verizon, the Wall Street Journal and other news outlets reported.

Germany’s move is the latest evidence that revelations about NSA eavesdropping are damaging U.S. companies’ overseas business.

Verizon provides Internet access to some German federal agencies and helps to run a network that links them, the Journal said. The government’s contracts with Verizon had been exposed recently in the media and caused an uproar because of reports of NSA eavesdropping on foreign leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Those reports, based on information disclosed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, brought additional scrutiny to Verizon’s government contracts.

The change is being made partly because of indications that the U.S.-based carrier is required to do certain things for the NSA, a German Interior Minister spokesman said, according to the Associated Press.
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German government to drop Verizon because of U.S. spying (Original Post) RKP5637 Jun 2014 OP
good hit em where it hurts leftyohiolib Jun 2014 #1
Good! Hit them where it really hurts. William769 Jun 2014 #2
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