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The country where the company and servers are located makes all the difference IMHO. Many things that government can push in US under Homeland Security and simi
by ivanhoe 10y ago
The country where the company and servers are located makes all the difference IMHO. Many things that government can push in US under Homeland Security and similar acts, they can't in Germany. Their privacy laws are much more protective against mass and/or unsubstantiated surveillance, legal services are not that ridiculously expensive as in US, etc.
- plg 10y agofor now
- okket 10y agoCurrently there are no plans to to extend the jurisdiction of US law to Germany. But if you ask nicely, the German intelligence service might give you the information you seek.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> Many things that government can push in US under Homeland Security and similar acts, they can't in Germany. Many of the controversial things done by US intelligence/security services domestically in the "War on Terror" are just things they have long done (and are overtly charged with doing) overseas, but which are controversial (and in some cases outright illegal, either under statute law or the Constitution) when done domestically. > Their privacy laws are much more protective against mass and/or unsubstantiated surveillance The NSA is not exactly known for respecting privacy laws in its conduct of global mass surveillance, particularly foreign privacy laws.