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It's exponentially more difficult for the Chinese government to wield data against me than it is for the British government, as I do not live somewhere where th

It's exponentially more difficult for the Chinese government to wield data against me than it is for the British government, as I do not live somewhere where the Chinese government has any power over me. It depends mostly on the nature of the data, and how much interest they have in you. If the data is damning enough, and they would find value in using it against you, then the Chinese government is perfectly able to hire someone to do so. Anyone in China who is significantly wealthy is effectively involved in politics, with potentially life and death consequences. To stay under the radar, you have to stay at the level of inconsequential small fry.

jstanley 9y ago
Right, but if you're not in China at all, the Chinese government don't care about you. So it's (in some respects) safer to have your data managed in a foreign country than in the country you live in, as a counterpoint to the claim that "it makes so much more sense that your data is subject to the law in the country you reside in".
- stcredzero 9y ago
  Right, but if you're not in China at all, the Chinese government don't care about you. In the vast majority of cases, yes. In an absolute sense, no. So it's (in some respects) safer to have your data managed in a foreign country than in the country you live in, as a counterpoint to the claim that "it makes so much more sense that your data is subject to the law in the country you reside in". There is a point to that.
- dragonwriter 9y ago
  > Right, but if you're not in China at all, the Chinese government don't care about you. That’s ,at best, less than clear, considering the actions attributed to PLA Unit 61398.
- klodolph 9y ago
  > So it's (in some respects) safer to have your data managed in a foreign country than in the country you live in, as a counterpoint to the claim that "it makes so much more sense that your data is subject to the law in the country you reside in". To clarify, I'm saying it makes sense from a legal and societal perspective, not from a personal privacy perspective.

jstanley 9y ago

Right, but if you're not in China at all, the Chinese government don't care about you. So it's (in some respects) safer to have your data managed in a foreign country than in the country you live in, as a counterpoint to the claim that "it makes so much more sense that your data is subject to the law in the country you reside in".

stcredzero 9y ago
Right, but if you're not in China at all, the Chinese government don't care about you. In the vast majority of cases, yes. In an absolute sense, no. So it's (in some respects) safer to have your data managed in a foreign country than in the country you live in, as a counterpoint to the claim that "it makes so much more sense that your data is subject to the law in the country you reside in". There is a point to that.
dragonwriter 9y ago
> Right, but if you're not in China at all, the Chinese government don't care about you. That’s ,at best, less than clear, considering the actions attributed to PLA Unit 61398.
klodolph 9y ago
> So it's (in some respects) safer to have your data managed in a foreign country than in the country you live in, as a counterpoint to the claim that "it makes so much more sense that your data is subject to the law in the country you reside in". To clarify, I'm saying it makes sense from a legal and societal perspective, not from a personal privacy perspective.