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I have soberly explained the actual situation to you. I know it’s impossible to have a rational conversation about privacy on HN and my comments go against the

I have soberly explained the actual situation to you. I know it’s impossible to have a rational conversation about privacy on HN and my comments go against the narrative everyone has stuck in their heads here, but I urge you to look further into this issue. This is an ongoing geopolitical spat and compliance in good faith is currently impossible. I have spoken to many lawyers about this. Any US company operating in the EU is at risk of constant fines no matter what you do, due to this geopolitical issue.

troupo 2y ago
> Any US company operating in the EU is at risk of constant fines no matter what you do, due to this geopolitical issue. So why don't the poor trillion-dollar supranational corporations do anything about it? I can tell you why: they are happy about this. And you can often find they sign their support for these laws in the US. --- start quote --- The CLOUD Act primarily amends the Stored Communications Act (SCA) of 1986 to allow federal law enforcement to compel U.S.-based technology companies via warrant or subpoena to provide requested data stored on servers regardless of whether the data are stored in the U.S. or on foreign soil. The CLOUD Act received support from Department of Justice and of major technology companies like Microsoft, AWS, Apple, and Google. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act?wprov=sfti1# https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLOUD_Act?wprov=sfti1# --- end quote --- Boohoo cry me a river about the plight of these poor hapless companies.