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I seem to recall seeing information recently about one company that has taken steps to ensure that their technical people are outside the US and that the staff

I seem to recall seeing information recently about one company that has taken steps to ensure that their technical people are outside the US and that the staff (& founder?) remaining within the US no longer had any access to network management, software, etc. so there could be no question of them being forced to backdoor anything. Is that PIA?

fencepost 13y ago
Replying to myself now that I've had a chance to research, here's the relevant link: http://torrentfreak.com/how-nsa-proof-are-vpn-providers-131023/ http://torrentfreak.com/how-nsa-proof-are-vpn-providers-1310... partway down the page, in the section on National Security Letters and Private Internet Access. Quoting Andrew Lee: “However, to remain in the US, meant, as well, the relinquishing of my access to the PIA systems/network. Administrators, developers and co-founders everywhere can relate to the difficulty of doing so, but the reality is that it was a requirement if I was to remain here. This policy is in place, and relinquished access I have.” There's significantly more information in the original article.