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It's worth noting that Facebook's European datacenter is in Sweden so a large part of Facebook traffic passes Swedish borders.

by effn 13y ago

CarlHoerberg 13y ago
but encrypted..
- randyrand 13y ago
  Do we know they don't have access to the private keys?
  - Ihmahr 13y ago
    Those would be supplied only by facebook, so in that respect it wouldn't matter where the servers are.
  - johansch 13y ago
    Sweden has no realistic leverage here. Why would a foreign company wanting to host something there give out those when there are alternatives? (Like, say, Iceland.)
draugadrotten 13y ago
> It's worth noting that Facebook's European datacenter is in Sweden so a large part of Facebook traffic passes Swedish borders It's also worth noting that Google said in 2007 that if the FRA snoop law is passed, they will locate their servers outside Sweden. They placed them in Finland instead. Peter Fleischer from Google said "By introducing these new measures, the Swedish government is following the examples set by governments ranging from China and Saudi Arabia to the US government’s widely criticised eavesdropping programme. Do Swedish citizens really want their country to have the most aggressive government surveillance laws in Europe?" http://peterfleischer.blogspot.se/2007/05/sweden-and-government-surveillance.html http://peterfleischer.blogspot.se/2007/05/sweden-and-governm... http://internetworld.idg.se/2.1006/1.109576 http://internetworld.idg.se/2.1006/1.109576 Facebook knew they would be listened to, but put their datacenter in Sweden anyway. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/31/facebook_swedish_data_centre_privacy_law/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/31/facebook_swedish_dat...
- Sharlin 13y ago
  It's also worth noting that Google said in 2007 that if the FRA snoop law is passed, they will locate their servers outside Sweden. They placed them in Finland instead. Doesn't really help when almost all international Internet traffic from/to Finland goes through Sweden...
  - okamiueru 13y ago
    It does the encrypted parts.
    - blaabjerg 13y ago
      But the encrypted parts would be safe from eavesdropping even if hosted in Sweden, no? If that's the case, hosting it in Finland makes zero difference apart from political pressure.

It's worth noting that Facebook's European datacenter is in Sweden so a large part of Facebook traffic passes Swedish borders.

by effn 13y ago

It's worth noting that Facebook's European datacenter is in Sweden so a large part of Facebook traffic passes Swedish borders.

CarlHoerberg 13y ago

but encrypted..

randyrand 13y ago
Do we know they don't have access to the private keys?
- Ihmahr 13y ago
  Those would be supplied only by facebook, so in that respect it wouldn't matter where the servers are.
- johansch 13y ago
  Sweden has no realistic leverage here. Why would a foreign company wanting to host something there give out those when there are alternatives? (Like, say, Iceland.)

draugadrotten 13y ago

> It's worth noting that Facebook's European datacenter is in Sweden so a large part of Facebook traffic passes Swedish borders It's also worth noting that Google said in 2007 that if the FRA snoop law is passed, they will locate their servers outside Sweden. They placed them in Finland instead. Peter Fleischer from Google said "By introducing these new measures, the Swedish government is following the examples set by governments ranging from China and Saudi Arabia to the US government’s widely criticised eavesdropping programme. Do Swedish citizens really want their country to have the most aggressive government surveillance laws in Europe?" http://peterfleischer.blogspot.se/2007/05/sweden-and-government-surveillance.html http://peterfleischer.blogspot.se/2007/05/sweden-and-governm... http://internetworld.idg.se/2.1006/1.109576 http://internetworld.idg.se/2.1006/1.109576 Facebook knew they would be listened to, but put their datacenter in Sweden anyway. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/31/facebook_swedish_data_centre_privacy_law/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/10/31/facebook_swedish_dat...

Sharlin 13y ago
It's also worth noting that Google said in 2007 that if the FRA snoop law is passed, they will locate their servers outside Sweden. They placed them in Finland instead. Doesn't really help when almost all international Internet traffic from/to Finland goes through Sweden...
- okamiueru 13y ago
  It does the encrypted parts.
  - blaabjerg 13y ago
    But the encrypted parts would be safe from eavesdropping even if hosted in Sweden, no? If that's the case, hosting it in Finland makes zero difference apart from political pressure.