Google Menwith Hill, you will be suprised. A whole lot worse than the UAE.
You have to be fcuking kidding, right? Or do you really think the world would be better off having a medieval, barbaric, unaccountable, juvenile, puerile and repugnantly hypocritical regime perring at, poring over, and "caring" for your data?!
God I absolutely cringe for the future when I read comments like this. Let me guess, you're quite happy to take advantage of the benefits of a society that at least ASPIRES to some modicum of freedom, whilst taking shots at those awful ol' Yanks and their technology. Tell you what, if you really feel strongly that the UAE would a "whole lot better", why don't you move to the Middle East and submit fully to their great system? You'll love it!
I say if the UAE wants full control over the technology then let them invest countless millions in their own homegrown solutions and have at 'er...oh wait - their pathetic useless tiny country doesn't have the resources or knowledge or ANYTHING to do so other than to write cheques for other people's technology...and then demand control of it....which is more sad...the UAE or the people who defend them...tough call....