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> Giving all your data to foreign states though may be a bridge too far. Does it really matter? If large Western countries want to spy on each other, there ar
by crazygringo 2y ago
> Giving all your data to foreign states though may be a bridge too far.
Does it really matter?
If large Western countries want to spy on each other, there are so many ways via so many devices.
That's why I'm talking about safeguards -- why not just focus on ensuring everything is encrypted in rest and in transit, so you can use anybody's cloud anywhere?
- hinkley 2y agoSupply lines. You offer political asylum to someone I don’t like I can shut your entire federal government down to get him.
- crazygringo 2y agoThat's an act of war. Fortunately, going multi-cloud is a thing. Storing data with multiple providers in multiple countries. Lots of companies which specialize in multi-cloud solutions. Again, like I said -- safeguards.
- hinkley 2y agoGonna be a very short war.
- crazygringo 2y agoAnd if you're dumb enough to put your government clouds in enemy countries, then you deserve it. But we're not talking about enemy countries here, now are we? Or are you actually under the impression that we're talking about hosting data in Iran and North Korea...?
- hinkley 2y agoI don't know if you've been watching politics for the last 4 months...
- crazygringo 2y agoI don't know if you understand the concept of military enemy and how it differs from countries that are simply cooperating less...