Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie...
by ocdtrekkie on Sunday February 23, 2025 @12:47PM
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The point is Amazon and Microsoft surely have vested interests in government data they are not supposed to be privy to.
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Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie...
by pclmulqdq on Sunday February 23, 2025 @02:45PM
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It's not just the corporations as a whole that are an issue. It increases the insider risk footprint of that data to include your cloud provider's employees as well as your own. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google almost certainly employ agents of your adversaries (including US agents working without their knowledge) who have weird attack vectors and now have to be part of your threat model.
Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie...
by aprilthird2021 on Sunday February 23, 2025 @01:05PM
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And the government has lots of leverage it can use against Amazon and MS if they use it in a way the government doesn't want. EU govts don't have that
Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie...
by _DeadFred_ on Sunday February 23, 2025 @01:53PM
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US Government leverage: $200,000 fine, appealable.
Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie...
by tyre on Sunday February 23, 2025 @02:39PM
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US Government leverage: FISA secret court, prison time
Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie...
by userbinator on Sunday February 23, 2025 @03:59PM
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Not with this current government.
Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie...
by overstay8930 on Sunday February 23, 2025 @03:47PM
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touch the right HSM in one of these facilities and you get to know what it's like to disappear
Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie...
by int_19h on Wednesday February 26, 2025 @08:39PM
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"That's a nice little monopoly you have there. Would be a shame if Department of Commerce decided to investigate it."
Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie...
by pessimizer on Sunday February 23, 2025 @06:03PM
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You're assuming the people who handle it for the government weren't working at Amazon and Microsoft a year ago, and won't again be working for Amazon and Microsoft a year from now.
The government doesn't have leverage. The government is Amazon and Microsoft's leverage against others.