Spying claims put the future of data security at risk.

Ex- CIA IT security employee Edward Snowden spilled to the Guardian newspaper and the Washington Post that the US Government was conducting a secret surveillance of our online activities. He revealed that the US government was routinely accessing the servers of Facebook, Google, Apple and other internet giant companies to fish out suspicious patterns in our communication. Under the program dubbed ‘PRISM,’ the security agencies collected 98 billion pieces of intelligence worldwide.
While most of us knew we were being watched somehow, it is perhaps the scale of the spying that has got many security analysts worried. In an age where cloud computing is gaining increasing prominence, and where the internet is becoming a utility rather than a luxury, who will guarantee the security of our data? Which data storage companies will small and large companies trust? Will we ever feel safe being online?

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