Brazil Announces Plans To Move Away From US-Centric Internet 285
trbdavies writes "The Associated Press reports: 'President Dilma Rousseff ordered a series of measures aimed at greater Brazilian online independence and security following revelations that the U.S. National Security Agency intercepted her communications, hacked into the state-owned Petrobras oil company's network and spied on Brazilians who entrusted their personal data to U.S. tech companies such as Facebook and Google. The leader is so angered by the espionage that on Tuesday she postponed next month's scheduled trip to Washington, where she was to be honored with a state dinner.' Among Brazil's plans are a domestic encrypted email service, laying its own fiber optic cable to Europe, requiring services like Facebook and Google to store data generated by Brazilians on servers located in Brazil, and pushing for 'international rules on privacy and security in hardware and software during the U.N. General Assembly meeting later this month.'"
Wait a minute (Score:5, Funny)
please o please, (Score:2, Funny)
fuck up pings for brazillians playing mmorpgs on u.s. servers.
signed.
the american gamer.
Benders view (Score:5, Funny)
I'll build my own internet! With blackjack! And hookers!
Re:Wait a minute (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Brazil is like the U.S. in the '50s (Score:5, Funny)
> "Leave It To Beaver"
The didn't call them Brazilians for nothing.
Re:Well, obviously (Score:3, Funny)
Wow, you're 1/3 native amerindian, 1/3 european, and 1/3 smurf? That's quite a mix.