[timsh]

not trying to justify it even a bit, but shouldn't people in his position (actively acting against the US-supported position) use something more secure? Like proton for starters?

I think most of the activists know the drill (not to use gmail/outlook/icloud... in their activism-related communications).

[makeitdouble]

They're not activists, but a 900 people intergovernmental org representing 100+ countries that needs to deal with a lot of bureaucracy efficiently.

They might start spending the time and money to move away from Microsoft's control, but there's few solutions that reliably work at that scale and for their needs, and I honestly wouldn't fault them for assuming that the arrangement that worked for decades wouldn't suddenly fall apart.

[bjackman]

I think that's just another side of the same coin.

Until recently I'm sure people at the heart of the western political establishment saw the US as essentially trustworthy with regard to fundamental things like not stealing their emails.

Just like they wouldn't have expected the executive to deny them access to the product. Now it's clear expectations need to be updated.

Not great news for the US tech industry...