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> Microsoft is legally entitled to refuse a request from law enforcement, and subject to criminal penalties if it refuses a valid legal order. This is a proble
by 1718627440 9mo ago
> Microsoft is legally entitled to refuse a request from law enforcement, and subject to criminal penalties if it refuses a valid legal order.
This is a problem, because Microsoft operates in a lot of jurisdictions, but one of them always wants to be the exception and claims that it has jurisdiction over all the others. Not that I personally am of the opinion, that it is wise for the other jurisdiction to trust Microsoft, but if MS wants to secure operating in the other jurisdiction it needs to separate itself from that outsider.
- da_chicken 9mo agoYou're arguing for corporate sovereignty. I think you need to rethink your position.
- yellowapple 9mo agoI don't think corporate sovereignty is needed for that; just blowing up Microsoft into a bunch of independently-operating entities, one per relevant jurisdiction.
- 1718627440 9mo agoActually I think that corporate sovereignty is inevitable, hence countries should have never allowed companies to get that large. But for this discussion, yes Microsoft just needs to split and/or go to the Cayman Islands.
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- bobmcnamara 9mo agoOr maybe not stash everybody's keys?