I am an IT systems administrator.
Doesn’t sound all that political.
Except I work at a newspaper. That’s where it becomes complicated.
Newspapers have the right to keep their sources hidden to protect them from the government.
How does that work when you’re using M365 and the government has access to all data stored in the Microsoft cloud?
Or Microsoft could, according to the terms of service we accepted, simply stop servicing us if some of that data is questionable?
Which countries do we blacklist?
How do we protect ourselves against targeted cyber-attacks from Russia?
It’s one of the most interesting IT jobs I ever had.
Because there aren’t any.
This is a major issue with today’s internet.
It’s essential infrastructure for everyone on earth, but most of it depends on a few US corporations.
(Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Cloudflare, Meta)