Useless. US companies have to get EU citizen's data on request. They can and must do so. Only non-US companies can ignore US data requests.
Fastmail is an Australian company.
Then they're fucked. Session Messenger had to flee Australia.
Fastmail offers EU data region
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They should vote for parties that are not organized in the EPP (European people's party). The exact party options depend on the country you're voting in.
And what would happen next to ensure that von der Leyen was removed from office? It is worth remembering at this point how von der Leyen first became Commission President. She was controversially nominated by the European Council - who are not directly elected representatives within the EU system - deviating from the spitzenkandidat convention in a way that surprised and angered many MEPs - who are. Her own national…
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#243Earlier quoted context omitted.
Tuta is always encrypted I don't know where you got the impression that it was optional or that they could somehow magically make it work over IMAP without a bridge like proton.
> Tuta does not support the use of third-party email clients or the protocols IMAP/POP3/SMTP as we cannot guarantee end-to-end encryption of your data. So it "breaks end to end encryption" even with smtps and imaps apparently. The few emails I received weren't from tutamail users so presumably came over SMTP. It's confusing to know what they mean because they confuse terms. They say emails are "stored end to end encr…
And here I thought using open source client software is the only way I, the user, can guarantee E2EE of my data.
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#244EU data regions are a reflexive action by companies that try to hold on to their EU customers (and more and more are leaving, surprisingly the larger ones seem to be leading here). Realize that as long as you are still hosted on US owned infrastructure or that if there are US (or: five-eyes) owned companies anywhere in the stack your data can still be forcibly pulled and often without you being aware that this happen…
EU sovereign clouds are taking off right now - especially when it comes to sensitive data (government, healthcare, etc.). Lots of players moving into the space. The common denominator - nothing touches the US. AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle, Schwarz Digits, SAP
You're spreading misinformation since AWS, Azure, GCP (Google) and Oracle are all U.S. companies which are subject to the CLOUD Act.
Just because they pretend to be European-based by setting up a European subsidiary with so-called firewalls means exactly...nothing.
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#245I call this "sovereignty washing": American companies pretending they can magically free themselves from the U.S. CLOUD Act by setting up a paper European presence.
Anyone who falls for this is a fool wanting to be fooled.
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#246Earlier quoted context omitted.
EU sovereign clouds are taking off right now - especially when it comes to sensitive data (government, healthcare, etc.). Lots of players moving into the space. The common denominator - nothing touches the US. AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle, Schwarz Digits, SAP
You're spreading misinformation since AWS, Azure, GCP (Google) and Oracle are all U.S. companies which are subject to the CLOUD Act. Just because they pretend to be European-based by setting up a European subsidiary with so-called firewalls means exactly...nothing.
The Double Irish Dutch Sandwich means € billions in tax liability saved. Unless you're a corporate lawyer that has put up those firewalls and can talk at length as to what they even are, why should believe you when you say it means exactly nothing?
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> AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle What? Those are US companies, they will have to give out your data under the Cloud Act. Only Schwarz and SAP are free from that by being German companies.
> Only Schwarz and SAP are free from that by being German companies. Not true. You also have to be sure that the company directors will never travel to the US even for a holiday or any third party country that would uphold an extradition request from the US. It's just email. Nobody is going to jail to protect your email. If you care that much run your own email server.
What, in my basement?
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#248Posted on the previous submission for this: it’s a good start, but from the article: If what you need is a guarantee that your data remains only in the EU, we don’t have that, and we’d rather tell you directly than let you assume otherwise.
Wow they completely missed the ball on why people want reassurances that their data stays in the EU
They found a cheap way to please the kind of customers who care much about their activism and not much about reality. A good business decision with little risk and a potential upside.
To believe your data is any better protected here or there is already unrealistic, and the admiration for the European Union for data privacy among hacker circles is unfounded. But if many people believe something false, you as a business should give them what they ask for and not try to educate them.
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Clearly you have no idea how the head of EC is chosen. Because of the two only Trump was actually elected by the people.
Remember that Chat control has gone through vote through directly elected parliament like any other legislation. The next election is in 2029. I suggest you show up instead of spreading fabrications online.
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#250> Resilient replicas of your data will live in the US (for now). As we only have one location in Europe so far, the geographically separate copy will remain on servers in one of our US locations. Wow, it's nothing. How about writing your PR after the data is not going to the US at all?
Isn't it a step in that direction? The first data centre in Europe shows a commitment and it will likely be easier to do the next data centre(s).