At a tech conference in Saudi Arabia earlier this year, officials announced that Microsoft has invested $2 billion in building a cloud storage facility in the kingdom. Privacy pundits are warning a…
Alan Woodward, a computer technology expert at the University of Surrey in England, toldthat Saudi authorities would potentially be able to access vast amounts of sensitive political information stored via the cloud.
At a tech conference in Saudi Arabia earlier this year, officials announced that Microsoft has invested $2 billion in building a cloud storage facility in the kingdom. Privacy pundits are warning against what the move means for data security.“The government can basically do what it wants,” Woodward said. “And if you can imagine all the things that are put online it could be something quite edgy, it could be used against dissidents.
She suggested to Insider that the move could mean Microsoft is handing over user data on a silver platter, describing Saudi Arabia as a country with a “dismal” human rights record.
President of Microsoft Arabia, Thamer Alharbi, added that the investment “reflects Microsoft’s longstanding commitment to Saudi Arabia and its ambitions for digital transformation.” The data center region will be part of Neom — the $1 trillion mega-development by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman , who was accused in 2018 of ordering the brutal killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.Critics have long disagreed with Abu-Ltaif and Alharbi, especially since Microsoft — the world’s second-biggest tech behind Google parent Alphabet — refused to disclose how they will shield privacy of data housed in Saudi Arabi.
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