It is no longer safe to move our governments and societies to US clouds

Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie... by Sparkyte on Sunday February 23, 2025 @09:41PM (#43155326)

Only if the systems operate in within their jurisdiction. Systems residing outside of their jurisdiction are not susceptible to the same policies and requests. Most cloud providers in international spaces provide secure government solutions that are designed around the regional policies.

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Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie... by jmye on Sunday February 23, 2025 @10:21PM (#43155513)

That seems naive or not responsive to the comment. If the US government tells Google to shut down all international sites/servers, or it will cease to exist in the US, I don’t think “but the servers aren’t in the US” will really matter.

I also don’t think anyone can count on extra-judicial demands from the current executive branch.

Am I wrong or misunderstanding something?

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Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie... by withinboredom on Monday February 24, 2025 @11:36AM (#43161516)

Then the government of said country will just force the local company to separate from its us parent company. Don’t forget these regions/servers are usually owned by local subsidiaries.

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Re:It is no longer safe to move our governments and societie... by Sparkyte on Tuesday February 25, 2025 @11:59AM (#43174418)

This ^

I feel like people like to fear monger, but cloud businesses won't bend to US requests for anything that resides outside of the US.

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