There are two different types of wiretapping threats that can harm startups and established businesses alike -- especially if they house proprietary, confidential information.
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| When espionage hits. It feels like this. |
First, there's government wiretapping. You might assume the simplest way to eliminate this threat is to abide by the law,
but you’d be forgetting that, aside from the U.S. government, there are plenty of countries that have proven they’re willing to use Big Brother-style surveillance tactics to compromise private companies. If you work with an opposition party or in a sensitive industry in another country, your client’s government might target your business.
Then, there's old-fashioned corporate espionage. If a competing company is desperate to get an edge over your business, it may use wiretapping to steal your information or otherwise compromise your company to gain an advantage.
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