There are two main concerns at play here that are very different: consumer privacy and national security.
The consumer privacy concerns are generally subject to regulation by law, but national security concerns often are extralegal in nature. This makes a big difference in the availability of tools to address the problems. Google will follow your laws or pay fines until they comply. Spies won't.
I'm sorry, are you just completely ignorant of everything that's happening across the globe? If so, why are you even commenting?
China routinely harasses, threatens, and then acts on threats given to human rights activists and expats. Chinese citizens that speak with reporters and human rights activists are put at severe risk because people like you are fine with letting Chinese technology infiltrate all aspects of your infrastructure.
You completely misinterpreted what I was suggesting.
The sentence you are quoting is not me questioning the importance of the issue, I am suggesting that there are two separate concerns at play which are both important.
There are two main concerns at play here that are very different: consumer privacy and national security.
The consumer privacy concerns are generally subject to regulation by law, but national security concerns often are extralegal in nature. This makes a big difference in the availability of tools to address the problems. Google will follow your laws or pay fines until they comply. Spies won't.
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