The Brazilian government is breaking ties with American technology companies and is investing in building a cable to Portugal to escape the reach of the U.S. National Security Agency.
It's estimated that the investment will cost about $185 million. Brazil's government will build a 3,500-mile fiber-optic cable that will stretch across the Atlantic from Fortaleza to Portugal.
None of the investments will go to American vendors.
Since Edward Snowden leaked documents of NSA last year, many countries and local residents have dubbed the NSA as "spies."
In those documents was evidence that the NSA was accessing personal information of Brazilian citizens, including listening to phone calls of President Dilma Rousseff, its embassies and the state-owned oil company Petrobras, according to IBTimes. Full story...
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It's estimated that the investment will cost about $185 million. Brazil's government will build a 3,500-mile fiber-optic cable that will stretch across the Atlantic from Fortaleza to Portugal.
None of the investments will go to American vendors.
Since Edward Snowden leaked documents of NSA last year, many countries and local residents have dubbed the NSA as "spies."
In those documents was evidence that the NSA was accessing personal information of Brazilian citizens, including listening to phone calls of President Dilma Rousseff, its embassies and the state-owned oil company Petrobras, according to IBTimes. Full story...
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