Worries over digital privacy after Trump victory

Donald Trump’s ascension to the US presidency has left tech experts worried he could abuse the National Security Agency’s (NSA) surveillance powers, having a knock-on effect on cloud computing and digital privacy, it has been reported.

ComputerWorld said while the president-elect has only offered “snapshots” of his views on US privacy concerns, what he has said suggests he will take a pro-government surveillance stance when he takes office.

“For instance, Trump showed support for the National Security Agency's bulk telephone data collection, which ended last year,” the website said.

This raises concerns that Trump will pay little heed to privacy advocates looking for government reform on surveillance. Timothy Edgar, a director of law at Brown University who previously served in the Obama administration, told Computer World: “I would say pretty much any attempts to reform will come to a screeching halt, and maybe it will go backwards.”

“To think that we have made the NSA Trump-proof or tyrant-proof, we are deluding ourselves,” Mr Edgar added.

"Some people have argued that we need to have stronger controls over the NSA because you are never going to be sure who is going to be elected."

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