Accusations that the revelations from rogue National Security Agency sysadmin whistleblower Edward Snowden have damaged the US technology industry are misplaced, according to influential security guru Mikko Hypponen.. Hypponen, chief research officer at security firm F-Secure, said that the disclosure that US tech was either "booby-trapped or monitored" may have had a damaging effect on the US cloud industry. But blaming this on Snowden was misplaced and akin to "blaming Al Gore for global warming". The link for this article located at The Register UK is no longer available. . Mikko Hypponen emphasizes that attributing the problems of privacy in American cloud technologies to Snowden is misguided, highlighting that the criticisms are often misdirected.. Cloud Security Issues, Data Privacy Concerns, Misplaced Accusations. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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