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> Unfortunately US law appears to compel American companies to share your data without your knowledge to the US government. Sure, but that's not some unexpecte
by TeMPOraL 2y ago
> Unfortunately US law appears to compel American companies to share your data without your knowledge to the US government.
Sure, but that's not some unexpected gotcha - it's just a plain fact of geopolitical reality, managed by international treaties and accounted for in laws and contracts around the world. A multinational enterprise isn't like a person subscribing to a free plan of a random SaaS because the "sign up" button was the right shade of green - there are armies of lawyers on both sides, tasked with navigating applicable regulations (including GDPR and export control laws) and finding out a way to make things work.
When they can't, the deal simply doesn't happen.
- DrScientist 2y agoIf what you say is true no European country would be using any US systems - as I think it's obvious ( despite the various attempts at various fig leaves ) that US and EU law is fundamentally not compatible in terms of privacy. What actually happens is you have people seeing no evil, hearing no evil and speaking no evil - by going lalalala - hoping that because everybody else is doing it they won't get fired. This happens because alternatives seem too hard.