Google’s Schmidt: Surveillance fears are ‘going to end up breaking the Internet’

"The fundamental issue is pretty straightforward. It’s all about trust. And it is personal to people. Just as people would not put their money in a bank they don’t trust, they will be reluctant to store their personal information in a data center or on a phone that they don’t trust. These issues have undermined people’s trust in American technology, and that’s a shame." Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith

By Nancy Scola

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