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nottorptoday at 12:33 PM2 repliesview on HN

US legal protections do not apply to EU citizens keeping their data in the US, do they?

So what's the point of this comparison, since if I host my data in the US they don't need a warrant at all?


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PeterStuertoday at 12:39 PM

The geo-location of where you keep your data is irrelevant to US legal reach.

paganeltoday at 1:24 PM

They don't, they don't even apply to EU citizens keeping their (our, in fact) data on our (EU's servers) if what we're doing happens to cross some interests of the US Government. I mean, there are some legal "protections" in place for that, but notice the quotes. Thinking otherwise is delusional, but, hey, people should be allowed to enjoy the liberty of their slightly larger iron bird-cage.