Forum Post: outsourcing and some national security issues
Posted 12 years ago on Jan. 7, 2012, 8:50 p.m. EST by myows
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When you have a problem with your Verizon FIOS service (which includes TV, internet and telephone) and call for assistance you are probably going to get a technician in India at the other end of the line. What does this mean? It means that call center employees in India have the ability to go into our communications network in the United States in order to be able to fix a trouble.
I also notice that when I call my bank and many credit card companies I am not reaching a person in the USA. This means call center employees overseas have access to my bank accounts,credit card accounts etc...
I don't think that America is very popular in some of these countries that we are outsourcing to.
Are you comfortable with this setup in the age of terrorism we live in? I'm not. Terrorism does not have to be a bomb going off, it can be the downing of our financial or communication network.
Why should Verizon and the banks even have to outsource at all with the BILLIONs of dollars in profit they make every quarter?
Who are the politicians that think that this is ok to do?
Why are the people on the right who are usually very concerned with national security not opposed to this?
American Visa processing is out sourced hmmmm so much for american security
Out sourcing has led to american economy collpase and loss of american jobs
Dude! They're outsourcing everything. This is nothing new. Sad thing is, no ones going to do anything but complain about it. We better get a clue and plan. It's going to get much worse.
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I'm more concerned about Verizon (and most other telecoms) routing all of our data through NSA black boxes than I am about Indian call centers.
Agreed, national security is not a legitimate concern here. A tax structure that provides incentives to companies to offshore these jobs, is (I think) a more valid cause for concern (but in terms of moral imperative, I don't think it's immoral to favor our workers over others, so I don't think we need a "national security" boogeyman).
Good point, I think corporations offshoring jobs are indeed a national security threat in that they are ruining our economy to increase their profit margins. Terrorists!
American Visa processing is out sourced hmmmm so much for american security