Many of the NSA requests for customer information from US tech companies are actually made on behalf of an allied country. The public trust in cloud computing and other public-facing Internet services depends upon our industry’s ability to be transparent about security practices. We are not ready for a risk-based discussion about preventing terrorist attacks, he says. The tech industry must be more transparent about its ability to protect information from comers from the NSA. Let’s have a chat about where you agree and disagree in the comments.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/weighing-costs-vs-benefits-of-nsa-surveillance