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> Keep your data under European jurisdiction, protected from foreign surveillance. Ooof, I get what they're trying to say, but the irony of this line in light
by NitpickLawyer 1y ago
> Keep your data under European jurisdiction, protected from foreign surveillance.
Ooof, I get what they're trying to say, but the irony of this line in light of the latest EU pushes towards having access to everything is glaring...
- MaKey 1y agoContext: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44168134 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44168134
- treetalker 1y agoA further irony is that, for US citizens, doing so has an increased likelihood of the federal government (through the NSA and FISA) having grounds to intercept, monitor, and store your data "legally" without a warrant (it claims). <insert obvious but judicially ignored logic that FISA violates the letter and spirit of the Fourth Amendment>
- Flundstrom2 1y agoI guess Europeans are quite satisfied that US don't have jurisdiction in the EU. Sure, GDPR isn't applicable against law enforcement, but it is a surprisingly strong public right. TM and robocalls? It didn't take long for all of that to cease after I simply started to ask for the name and contact information to the consumer privacy manager for the caller's employer and then whispering "GDPR" whenever I got an unsolicited phone call.