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Does the US Patriot Act even apply to them anymore? They moved to Switzerland this year. Still, they should probably look into doing the same kind of thing for
by higherpurpose 12y ago
Does the US Patriot Act even apply to them anymore? They moved to Switzerland this year. Still, they should probably look into doing the same kind of thing for Swiss laws.
https://blog.silentcircle.com/our-move-to-switzerland/ https://blog.silentcircle.com/our-move-to-switzerland/
If the warrant canary is out of date, though, I wonder if they moved to Switzerland because the US government tried to get to them, and it wasn't just a forward-thinking action.
- toyg 12y agoAs long as you have a single server in the US, the Patriot Act applies to that server and its administrators, regardless of where they are located.
- spacefight 12y agoWhich they have, and they even have offices there. $> whois 199.180.184.6
- a3n 12y agoEven if there are no servers in the US, are any of the principals or employees US citizens? If so, then they're as immune as they have the resources to fight off an assertion by the USG that they're not. Think of Microsoft's current fight over giving up email from one of their Irish servers. Microsoft has the resources to fight this off, and that's the only reason they're still fighting and not complying. Someone small would have to fold or go to jail. If you're small, it doesn't matter if the law is on your side if the USG overwhelms you before the question even gets a hearing.