#german tech

The NSA might have caused the US tech much more harm than what initially thought, not only consumers lost trust in the tech brands, but some regulations might make these brands even more vulnerable. 

For fear from the US spying, some politicians proposed that the Tech firms should reveal the source code of their products and services to allow verification that no abuse of the data is being done, If the bill passes, the companies will be either obliged to reveal their secrets or even completely exit the German market.

"We cannot afford to be open to attacks on our economy," the Wall Street Journal quoted Social Democrat Gerold Reichenbach as saying.

In a previous article we reported on the news that some Pcs and computers can contain backdoor.

New revelations are uncovering an apparent master-plan of monitoring and controling computers, this time Leaked documents from the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) indicate that they are suspicious of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology built into many Windows 8 PCs and tablets. The technology would allow the NSA to create back-doors in target devices, it would allow to control the computer remotely.