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Re:Proton Technologies awarded €2M from the EU by s3nnyy on Saturday March 09, 2019 @04:37AM (#19345333)
"They will happily comply with any court order even (or especially) from the US."

Isn't it more true of e.g., German-based companies and less true of Swiss-based ones?

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Re:Proton Technologies awarded €2M from the EU by DyslexicAtheist on Saturday March 09, 2019 @04:47AM (#19345376)
there is no difference afaik. the only difference is in perception which stems from the historical promise of banking secrecy.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-swiss-secrecy/era-of-bank...

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Re:Proton Technologies awarded €2M from the EU by s3nnyy on Saturday March 09, 2019 @05:04AM (#19345432)
I think, there is because Switzerland is not in the NATO and generally can't be that easily convinced to comply with anything.
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