Brazil announces secure email to counter US spying

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff announced that her government was creating a secure e-mail system to try and shield official communications from spying by the United States and other countries.

"We need more security on our messages to prevent possible espionage," Rousseff said, ordering the Federal Data Processing Service, or SERPRO, to implement a safe e-mail system throughout the federal government. The move came after Rousseff publicly condemned spying against Brazilian government agencies attributed to the United States and Canada.