Re:Dropbox moves to Ireland for all customers outside of Nor...
by notatoad on Saturday May 02, 2015 @02:53AM
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Isn't Dropbox also entirely aws-hosted?
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Re:Dropbox moves to Ireland for all customers outside of Nor...
by bigiain on Saturday May 02, 2015 @05:43AM
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Yep, 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.