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Hi, Iceland checking in here. While we appreciate you hosting here, we're by no means any safer than other countries now. First I'll note that this posting is

by yownie 11y ago

Hi, Iceland checking in here. While we appreciate you hosting here, we're by no means any safer than other countries now. First I'll note that this posting is from 2013, so quite a bit has changed here since that time. IMMI (immi.is) is still being hashed out in parliaments and making slow progress. Meanwhile we've had some particularly ridiculous public spectacles regarding ppl hosting data here in Iceland thinking it was safe. Here's a few: Silk Road Iceland http://www.wired.com/2014/09/the-fbi-finally-says-how-it-legally-pinpointed-silk-roads-server/ http://www.wired.com/2014/09/the-fbi-finally-says-how-it-leg... ISIS domain name take down http://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/digital/2014/10/18/In-Iceland-s-freedom-of-expression-ISIS-propaganda-crushed.html http://english.alarabiya.net/en/media/digital/2014/10/18/In-... Iceland ISP's block TPB http://grapevine.is/news/2015/09/16/icelandic-isps-will-block-access-to-pirate-bay-and-deildu/ http://grapevine.is/news/2015/09/16/icelandic-isps-will-bloc... Iceland BGP route attack http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2014/02/bgp-hijacking-in-iceland-belarus-shows-increased-need-for-bgp-security/ http://www.internetsociety.org/deploy360/blog/2014/02/bgp-hi... Rememeber that ashley madison hack? our prime minister had credentials on it! http://icelandmag.visir.is/article/icelandic-minister-finance-registered-ashley-madison-icehot1 http://icelandmag.visir.is/article/icelandic-minister-financ... Iceland seeks to ban porn http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/25/iceland-seeks-internet-pornography-ban http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/25/iceland-seeks-i... I won't even get into our limited internet connectivity and resulting high IP transit rates. I'm not saying don't host here in Iceland, but do some research first.

valdiorn 11y ago
Also from Iceland; can confirm that the Icelandic govt. has taken a 180 on online civil liberties and privacy since the early days of the IMMI, which also never really made it into law.
- yownie 11y ago
  Well, it goes both ways with that one, the PPI (full disclosure here, I'm one of the founders) is keeping them on constant scrutiny which is good, imho. IMMI status is a mixed bag, the parliamentary committee is still convened however. As of todays date 5 out of 13 law proposals have succeeded. Like all law proposals it takes time and political will.
nickpsecurity 11y ago
Thanks for the links. So, what's the word on how much they protect something that's not a crime in Iceland, not proven to be criminal in general (eg crypto app site), and demanded highly by FBI?
- yownie 11y ago
  Same as any other country I would imagine. If anything we benefit a little further here, since we're so small (pop. 320,000 in total) we tend not to have enough people to do a thorough job of much. Everyone tends to wear several hats. You should be fine, just take necessary technical precautions too, like FDE.

by yownie 11y ago

valdiorn 11y ago

Also from Iceland; can confirm that the Icelandic govt. has taken a 180 on online civil liberties and privacy since the early days of the IMMI, which also never really made it into law.

yownie 11y ago
Well, it goes both ways with that one, the PPI (full disclosure here, I'm one of the founders) is keeping them on constant scrutiny which is good, imho. IMMI status is a mixed bag, the parliamentary committee is still convened however. As of todays date 5 out of 13 law proposals have succeeded. Like all law proposals it takes time and political will.

nickpsecurity 11y ago

Thanks for the links. So, what's the word on how much they protect something that's not a crime in Iceland, not proven to be criminal in general (eg crypto app site), and demanded highly by FBI?

yownie 11y ago
Same as any other country I would imagine. If anything we benefit a little further here, since we're so small (pop. 320,000 in total) we tend not to have enough people to do a thorough job of much. Everyone tends to wear several hats. You should be fine, just take necessary technical precautions too, like FDE.