Microsoft has reportedly shared the names of Dutch civil servants working for two regulatory agencies with the U.S. House of Representatives. The agencies involved include the Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) and the Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP), according to an article published on Friday by Vrij Nederland.
Software should run on computers that belong to the government and that are located within the country, should be auditable (source-code) and data should stay within borders all the time with proper access controls.
Many people struggle to comprehend this. For them, it is all magic and fairy tales. The truth is that they are ceding control to others. Education on this matter is lacking.