They sold their transaction platform as a service to Apple Pay. And funneled all your transaction data to palantir.

Financial networks are side channels for intelligence gathering. And that makes the folks doing them outside of your nation an adversary.

With the US choosing to become an enemy of western democracy in Europe, the need for more investment in building trusted core infrastructure is inevitable.

Certainly none of this is ever simple. But this is just a microcosm of a much larger shift across many industries in Europe and we as tech nerds should be mindful of the tectonic shifts that are happening currently. The capital investments occurring have serious long term implications for us all.