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It's really strange that Microsoft, Amazon and Apple and Google seem to be OK with the Australian laws. I would have expected them to pull out too.
by andrewstuart 8y ago
It's really strange that Microsoft, Amazon and Apple and Google seem to be OK with the Australian laws. I would have expected them to pull out too.
- Mirioron 8y agoMaybe they just don't care until they're sued because they won't comply?
- duality 8y agoDo they have data centers in Australia?
- andrewstuart 8y agoYes: https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/02/microsoft-launches-2-new-azure-regions-in-australia/ https://techcrunch.com/2018/04/02/microsoft-launches-2-new-a... https://cloud.google.com/about/locations/sydney/ https://cloud.google.com/about/locations/sydney/ https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/sms_supported-countries.html https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/sms_supported-coun... And the issue for Apple is more that the government can require Apple to secretly install backdoors into the iPhone - that's my understanding although maybe wrong?
- jpatokal 8y agoThere is indeed a Google Cloud Platform region in Sydney, but that's for GCP customer data only, not consumer Gmail etc. There are no "main" Google DCs in Australia: https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/ https://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/ I would presume the same applies to Microsoft and Amazon.
- thejosh 8y agoOf course, and they are also the one of the most expensive regions :).
- a012 8y agoWait until customers migrate away from Australia.