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Re:Lavabit needs your help to fight for the right to keep em... by oscardelben on Monday September 30, 2013 @01:01PM (#6470723)
One thing that really puts me off is the emphasis on protecting privacy for american people. Why should privacy be a luxury of people who just happened to be born in a particular piece of land? Why is it ok to spy on everyone else?
Re:Lavabit needs your help to fight for the right to keep em... by Xylakant on Monday September 30, 2013 @01:12PM (#6470802)
Easy enough: only american people (or people in america) enjoy the legal protection of the american constitution. So the only fight that can be fought here is for americans. You'll need to convince your own government to fight for your rights.

please note: IANAL, but that's what I gathered so far.

Re:Lavabit needs your help to fight for the right to keep em... by oscardelben on Monday September 30, 2013 @01:52PM (#6471072)
I'm not sure convincing my government would make any difference since I'm connecting to an american server right now just to type this (I'm also working in the US). It's like saying that if you're connecting to a german server and they're violating your privacy then you should fill a complaint with your own government.
Re:Lavabit needs your help to fight for the right to keep em... by betterunix on Monday September 30, 2013 @04:51PM (#6472296)
Am I the only one who sees this and thinks, "Why are international borders so important on the Internet?" Maybe we need to be thinking in terms of protocols and designs that do not allow the government to violate privacy rights regardless of where particular computers happen to be located...
Re:Lavabit needs your help to fight for the right to keep em... by ataggart on Monday September 30, 2013 @02:45PM (#6471442)
The US Constitution doesn't "protect" anyone except insofar as it mandates/prohibits actions of the Federal and State governments, and those mandates/prohibitions apply wherever agents of the state act under constitutional authority.
Re:Lavabit needs your help to fight for the right to keep em... by anExcitedBeast on Tuesday October 01, 2013 @01:19PM (#6477567)
Bingo. It's amazing how many people don't understand this.
Re:Lavabit needs your help to fight for the right to keep em... by drivingmenuts on Monday September 30, 2013 @06:58PM (#6472917)
If you have issues with privacy in your own country, take it up with your government. The US Constitution only guarantees rights to US citizens.
Re:Lavabit needs your help to fight for the right to keep em... by kamjam on Monday September 30, 2013 @08:56PM (#6473361)
It's the US and UK governments mainly that are sh*tting on everyone else's rights within their own country that is the problem. Taking a singular view on this will not solve the problem, your government will just shift the processing to one of their "partner" countries.