Transatlantic Cables to Bypass the USA

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March 31, 2014 Leave a commentGovernment, IndustryBy Roger Halbheer

The next development in the whole NSA discussion. The EU and Brazil decided to build a transatlantic cable between Europe and Latin America â€“ as a reaction to protect privacy, they say.

Well, the quotes are fairly harsh and directâ€¦

We have to respect privacy, human rights and the sovereignty of nations. We don’t want businesses to be spied upon.

The internet is one of the best things man has ever invented. So we agreed for the need to guarantee the neutrality of the network, a democratic area where we can protect freedom of expression.

And

We will continue to enhance data protection and global privacy standards. A new fibre-optic submarine cable, connecting Latin America directly with Europe, would make an important contribution to these efforts.

Hmm, I think we all know to whom they are really speaking J

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Roger

Brazil, Europe plan direct undersea cable to bypass U.S. spying (stateofglobe.com)
Brazil praises undersea cable to bypass US (euobserver.com)
We’re building undersea cable to thwart US spying, say Brazil and Europe (zdnet.com)
Brazil, Europe plan direct undersea cable to bypass U.S. spying (sott.net)
EU & Brazil to build undersea cable to thwart NSA snoopers (itpro.co.uk)
Brazil-Europe Internet cable to cost $185 million (alethonews.wordpress.com)
Brazil,Spain,United States : BRAZIL & EUROPE internet security to cost $185 million (hispanicbusiness.com)
Brazil-Europe Internet cable to cost $185 million (thebricspost.com)

About the author

Roger Halbheer

Roger Halbheer is an Executive Security Advisor at Microsoft in EMEA acting as a trusted advisor to CxO. Before that he was a Managing Director at Accenture's Financial Services. Before joining Accenture, he was the Chief Security Officer of Swisscom (Switzerland's largest telecom provider) and the global Chief Security Advisor for Microsoft.