The Deirdre O’Shaughnessy Podcast: Moving away from US tech

Today’s guest on the podcast is cybersecurity expert Brian Honan, who has been writing in the Irish Examiner about how we can move to secure our tech in the face of increasing tensions with the US.

Big Tech products like WhatsApp, Microsoft Office and the Apple iPhone have become essential to our daily lives, but as President Donald Trump’s tantrums come and go, European reliance on American technology has come into focus.

Trade relationships, including supplies of fuel, food and information are all now subject to the whims of an increasingly erratic US President. As state surveillance increases on US citizens, Europeans have become more aware that the technology underpinning daily life is largely controlled by US companies.