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If you are in Europe then you may have better enforced laws protecting you. If you are in Africa your government might not have the expertise and resources to s
by gbog 13y ago
If you are in Europe then you may have better enforced laws protecting you. If you are in Africa your government might not have the expertise and resources to spy on you. If you are in China, well...
- AngrySkillzz 13y agoI think he means that it is even easier for the US government to spy on you if you're outside of America, not that your domestic government might.
- jsmeaton 13y agoYes, that is indeed what I meant.
- maaku 13y agoYou have absolutely no protection from the U.S. government. Your European rights and protections meaning nothing in an American court.
- gbog 13y agoOk, I kinda misunderstood the GP's point, but even then, as Europeans our governments still have gone some lengths in protecting Europeans' privacy. For instance, something in the safe-harbor blabla says citizen data handled by public angencies in Europe is not allowed to go through US nor, obviously, to be stored in the US. This rule is not new: in my previous job we had to ditch gmail and gapps in order to comply, and it was f*ing painful.
- mark_integerdsv 13y agoSouth African here - we have a lovely little bit of legislation known as RICA. Don't assume that African govts are backward in terms of technology.
- randomafrican 13y agoYou guys are outliers and you know it (some of you are even proud of it). So the GP is right. African governements in general do not have the means to spy on your electronic life.