Dallas data center raided by the FBI based on false claims by former employee

Post by jacquesm » Wed, Jul 29, 2009, 11:24 PM UTC

Post by Dilpil » Thu, Jul 30, 2009, 2:05 AM UTC

jacquesm wrote: post #2

I think a lot of people will be moving their hosting out of the US because of this. Unbelievable abuse of power and a total lack of understanding of the nature of this business. To do this much damage without a shred of evidence is absolutely unforgivable. The fact that the guy basically assumes that he'll go to prison because he refuses to admit guilt to stuff that he didn't do is quite telling. So much for justice.…

Post by pyre » Thu, Jul 30, 2009, 2:46 AM UTC

wmf wrote: post #3

jacquesm wrote: post #2

I think a lot of people will be moving their hosting out of the US because of this. Unbelievable abuse of power and a total lack of understanding of the nature of this business. To do this much damage without a shred of evidence is absolutely unforgivable. The fact that the guy basically assumes that he'll go to prison because he refuses to admit guilt to stuff that he didn't do is quite telling. So much for justice.…

If your servers are hosted overseas, the FBI can probably ask local law enforcement (via some treaty) to seize everything. http://www.eff.org/cases/indymedia-server-takedown/

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 30, 2009, 3:46 AM UTC

Post by missile » Thu, Jul 30, 2009, 5:59 AM UTC

cema wrote: post #9

pyre wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Depends on _where_ you are hosted overseas. I'm sure a host in Iran wouldn't be so eager to comply with the FBI.

Are you saying your data would be safer in Iran?