I am kind of keen to see numbers on the negative impact this program has had on the (American) cloud and Internet industry. I know a handful of companies in Europe and Asia who moved away from Google and Rackspace lately and set-up/revived their own machines.
My best guess is that the monetary loss due to this whole forceful invasion of privacy would be in order of billions (I am just guessing here; would be great if someone could point me to a thoroughly researched number though). This cost is apart from the bazillion sunk money that the US/UK Government put in to get hold data from the trunk, set up data center of NSA etc. All to just get hold of less than 50 so-called potential murderers (Avoiding the T-word!).
Looking at the cost of the whole thing and the stupidity of the presented picture, I think purpose of PRISM is already lot more than just curbing terrorism.
My best guess is that the monetary loss due to this whole forceful invasion of privacy would be in order of billions (I am just guessing here; would be great if someone could point me to a thoroughly researched number though). This cost is apart from the bazillion sunk money that the US/UK Government put in to get hold data from the trunk, set up data center of NSA etc. All to just get hold of less than 50 so-called potential murderers (Avoiding the T-word!).
Looking at the cost of the whole thing and the stupidity of the presented picture, I think purpose of PRISM is already lot more than just curbing terrorism.