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In terms of alternatives, AWS WorkDocs provides data storage in Ireland (and the US, Singapore and Australia).
by nosir33 11y ago
In terms of alternatives, AWS WorkDocs provides data storage in Ireland (and the US, Singapore and Australia).
- bigiain 11y agoBut since Amazon has offices in the USA, the NSA considers all AWS hosted data in whatever country the Amazon operated data center is located in, to be under US jurisdiction. I had a client who pulled all their (encrypted) data off the Ninefold cloud (Ninefold were at the time a fully Australian owned and hosted company) when they leased data center space and opened an office in CA – due to data sovereignty concerns.
- notatoad 11y agoIsn't Dropbox also entirely aws-hosted?
- bigiain 11y agoYep, and has exactly the same "company officers residing in the US" exposure to the NSA and any of the agencies fighting the war on [drugs|terrorism|pedos|political-rivals] getting closed or open court warrants with or without gag orders. In fact Dropbox is doubly at risk, law enforcement or national security could target either (or both) Dropbox themselves - go straight to Amazon to get access at hypervisor level to their entire infrastructure.