German telecommunications companies are marketing email services as being National Security Agency-proof, a potentially fruitful ploy in a country where a past marred by sinister data collection has left people yearning for privacy. Deutsche Telekom recently announced plans for a national internal network. The plan calls for emails to be housed entirely on domestic servers that are — as far as people can tell — immune to NSA snooping. In August, a handful of companies launched a marketing campaign called “Email Made in Germany.”
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German Telecoms See Marketing Opportunity in NSA Fears
Posted by: David Vranicar October 22, 2013 09:50 AMGerman telecommunications companies are marketing email services as being National Security Agency-proof, a potentially fruitful ploy in a country where a past marred by sinister data collection has left people yearning for privacy. Deutsche Telekom recently announced plans for a national internal network. The plan calls for emails to be housed entirely on domestic servers that are — as far as people can tell — immune to NSA snooping. In August, a handful of companies launched a marketing campaign called “Email Made in Germany.”