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EC users should be afraid of a US kill switch - not some new software
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EU executive branch is building a sovereign backup with Element, not replacing Teams.
Key facts
- And, the reporter might add, the reporter has been using them since Lotus Notes rolled out the door in 1990
- Ask Kimberly Prost, a Canadian International Criminal Court judge, who, besides losing tech services, also lost her credit cards, access to Amazon and Google services
- If US providers cut off European users, whether by choice or government order, many EU governments and companies would face serious disruption
- You'd swear from the over-the-top reactions that someone is threatening to take European Commission workers' dogs out back and shoot them
Summary
You'd swear from the over-the-top reactions that someone is threatening to take European Commission workers' dogs out back and shoot them. To be clear, the Commission isn't replacing Teams with Element Pro; it's setting up a backup. But according to a Politico report, users are having fits. Uh, guy, that's exactly the point.