OpenStack Cloud Vendors Vigilant in the Face of NSA Snooping | Linux Today

OpenStack Cloud Vendors Vigilant in the Face of NSA Snooping

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Sean Michael Kerner
Nov 9, 2013

The Edward Snowden revelations about NSA snooping in the cloud are not having an impact on OpenStack cloud vendors, including Rackspace and Dreamhost.

HONG KONG—Barely six months ago, former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden fled to Hong Kong and blew the whistle on widespread snooping. In the same city where those revelations were first disclosed, American cloud vendors attending the OpenStack Summit told eWEEK that they are not being heavily impacted by the disclosure and are remaining vigilant to protect users’ privacy.

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Sean Michael Kerner

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