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From the Fastmail thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6070070 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6070070 Fastmail has servers in the United States (
by conroy 13y ago
From the Fastmail thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6070070 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6070070
Fastmail has servers in the United States (https://www.fastmail.fm/help/overview_about.html https://www.fastmail.fm/help/overview_about.html), which means the NSA can still request access to those servers.
- nmjenkins 13y agoI work for FastMail. We (Opera Software Australia) are an Australian company, subject to Australian privacy laws regardless of the location of our servers. We legally must only respond to Australian law enforcement agencies with valid Australian warrants (summary of the law is available here: https://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Privacy/tia.html https://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Privacy/tia.html).
- windsurfer 13y agoWhat happens if your hosting company gets an NSA request to access your servers?
- ceejayoz 13y agoBeing Australian probably makes it easier on the NSA, not harder. They're allowed to spy unfettered on foreigners.
- medde 13y agoI thought that the NSA was grabbing all data going through the cables at large ISPs so that they don't need to send requests at individual companies? For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A