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Sensible choices in a nutshell: If you live in a 5-eyes nation, don't use or buy services hosted or operated from a 5 eyes nation. If you don't live in a 5 eyes
by coretx 10y ago
Sensible choices in a nutshell: If you live in a 5-eyes nation, don't use or buy services hosted or operated from a 5 eyes nation. If you don't live in a 5 eyes nation, only use services hosted and operated from Iceland or Switzerland.( Nation states are the #1 threat, and your own nation is always the most dangerous one. )
- pvg 10y agoNo this is completely backwards. Use services that have security properties addressing the threats that matter to you. Simply adding 'hosted in Iceland' to something that's ineffective isn't going to help you. Having a server in Iceland did absolutely nothing for DPR, for instance.
- JumpCrisscross 10y agoSchweiz is in the EU. We are subject to its data-retention laws. Consider Norway.
- chrisper 10y agoSchweiz / Switzerland is not in the EU. It has agreements with the EU (EFTA), but it certainly is not a member of the EU.
- reitanqild 10y agoSchweiz is in the EU. I don't think it is. See https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/countries_en https://europa.eu/european-union/about-eu/countries_en
- unusximmortalis 10y agoSo many ignorant people talking here...
- iklos55 10y agoAbsolutely not, stop spreading false information
- hackuser 10y ago> If you live in a 5-eyes nation, don't use or buy services hosted or operated from a 5 eyes nation The 5 eyes spy globally. U.S. citizens are the only ones with legal protection and (limited) recourse for U.S. government spying, AFAIK. If a U.S. citizen uses a French or Icelandic mail host, I suspect the U.S. foreign intelligence agencies have free reign to spy on them. I wonder what the limits are for the FBI and other domestic agencies.
- coretx 10y agoIrrelevant due to intelligence laundry.