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Ask HN: as a non-U.S. based developer, should we host in the U.S.?
Will our data be under surveillance? Should we now think about hosting outside the U.S?
Can we trust any U.S. based technology companies?
- frozenport 13y agoCan you trust China based technology companies? Can you trust EU based technology companies, where governments have similar programs?
- hoodoof 13y agoIs that to say, no, U.S. companies can't be trusted but it doesn't matter cause no-one else can be trusted either?
- bifrost 13y agoIt could be under surveilance if you allow it to be surveilable. If you aren't taking precautions to keep it out of the hands of hackers, the government is certainly not going to have a hard time getting at it. General surveilance is easily avoidable...
- csdreamer7 13y agoAlot of countries have libel or otherwise stupid laws that criminalizes freedom of the press in the name of protecting privacy. Despite surveillance and the DMCA American laws are very friendly to digital publishers compared to other nations. Compare Britain for example which has developed a reputation for libel tourism. People of different nations hire a local law firm to file a libel suit on their behalf against local critics. This bankrupts the critics who have to travel all the way to Britain to defend themselves or risk the local government respecting a British damages judgement.