I think it's possible to overstate this aspect of the story. The NSA revelations take the shine off U.S. tech, but it already shined so much brighter than the other options.
The idea that Chinese firms will have an advantage now is laughable--everyone knows that the Chinese government intrudes far deeper into their companies than the NSA does into U.S. companies.
And it's a horrible fiction to pitch the ITU proceedings as some sort of failed freedom fight. The nations behind those attempts are all known to be much more controlling and censorious than the U.S., even taking into account what we know now. Which why those attempts have failed so far.
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 9.4 ms ] threadThe idea that Chinese firms will have an advantage now is laughable--everyone knows that the Chinese government intrudes far deeper into their companies than the NSA does into U.S. companies.
And it's a horrible fiction to pitch the ITU proceedings as some sort of failed freedom fight. The nations behind those attempts are all known to be much more controlling and censorious than the U.S., even taking into account what we know now. Which why those attempts have failed so far.