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Re: Migrating to the EU

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Post by s_dev »

nslsm wrote: post #126
ludvigk wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess when the alternative is Trump's vision of the future ... - at least I know what I would choose.

Von der Leyen has made it clear the values of the EU are exactly the same as those of the US: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEbQoT3Xlho

That video is from 11 months ago, long before Trump was elected for his second term. Once was an anomaly. Twice is nearly a pattern but not an anomaly. Third time is an established pattern.

Re: Migrating to the EU

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Post by awongh »

> The reasons for this are [...] improved data protection.

Didn't the Snowden leaks just prove that the NSA is listening to most things anyway?

I suppose this has more to do with the specific case of a lower-level agency being able to access your data, rather than it being actually secure?

I get that people would be concerned about that scenario, but also it seems like a little bit of hair-splitting.

Re: Migrating to the EU

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Post by ApolloFortyNine »

foldr wrote: post #302
_osud wrote: post #278

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This is the best I can give you off the top of my head, but look at which countries are the most active in eurojust :) https://www.eurojust.europa.eu/ar2020/data-annex An LLM can probably find some better links though.

I think you might be missing the ‘concerning’ part. Which specific cases are concerning? I don’t find it inherently concerning that people can’t escape justice by crossing the Hungarian border, Bonnie and Clyde style.

Too explicitly spell it out, op is saying here that if any one of the 27 countries in the EU decides you are breaking one of their laws, they can have 1 of the other 26 enforce an EIO.

Re: Migrating to the EU

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Post by prmoustache »

haspok wrote: post #233
raincole wrote: post #147

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Is it not true that when entering the US you are required to show all your social media content on request, and if there is anything negative about the current administration, you can be denied entry (if you are lucky, and not detained for an indefinite amount of time)? Truly exceptional indeed. You are basically on par with China.

Do they really do that and what do they do when you say you don't have one? Do they believe you or not having one is as suspicious as having one with the content they don't like?

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Post by QuarterReptile »

thejohnconway wrote: post #303
butILoveLife wrote: post #272

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Maybe Americans don't really get this, but the Greenland stuff was a very, very big deal. The rest of NATO was staring down the barrel of the unthinkable: war with the United States. For what? Some lib owning? A bit of fun? A real estate deal? The sense of betrayal is very strong, more than the politicians are letting on.

The Diego Garcia stuff is a very, very big deal. I think it's unreasonable to draw the comparison between the exceptionally short-sighted Brits and the uncommonly prudent Danes. But hypothesizing Trump Tower Thule as the motive is ridiculous.

Re: Migrating to the EU

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Post by wccrawford »

mentalgear wrote: post #315
darthcloud wrote: post #213

As a Canadian, I’ve been thinking since last year about migrating to non-US services and applications. My main goal is simply to avoid giving money or data directly to US corporations. I have no illusions, these non-US services probably still benefit US companies in some ways. They’re rare, but I’ve consciously decided to stay away from some Canadian alternatives. The main customers of most Canadian tech companies ar…

For Photos, consider Ente (e2ee). Instead of Startpage, try DDG (DuckDuckGo) - been using it now for several years instead of Google as I found no difference in search quality.

Their whole point was to avoid US companies.

Re: Migrating to the EU

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Post by pelzatessa »

> I’ve always been a happy Mullvad customer. For 5 euros a month, I pay a Swedish company that has proven it doesn’t log any data

How did they prove that? Is such proof even possible?

Re: Migrating to the EU

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Post by BrunoBernardino »

otherme123 wrote: post #260
avazhi wrote: post #223

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Proton AG, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_AG , a Swiss company, owned privately by the Proton Foundation https://proton.me/foundation , is US-controlled? How?

I'm _assuming_ they're just spreading FUD, over some past events [1]. It's not US-controlled, AFAICT.

[1]: https://activistchecklist.org/proton/

Re: Migrating to the EU

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Post by generic92034 »

_osud wrote: post #319
generic92034 wrote: post #305

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This is more of a theoretical concern, though.

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That delay is concerning, obviously. But how should we judge that, without any further insights?

However, usually it works more like this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carles_Puigdemont#Arrest_in_Ge...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carles_Puigdemont#Arrest_in_It...

Usually LE in European countries will not respect warrants from another country if it does not make sense in the local jurisdiction as well.

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