>Graig,
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>>1. Amazon, Google, VMWare, and all other US-based companies have to comply too.
>>2. Microsoft and other companies don't just allow the US government access. A warrant, issued by a court, has to be submitted.
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>With all that has come out the last few years, that your government even tap other friendly nations, your argument is incredibly naieve.
>I would never put anything on a US hosted server if the data was sensitive.
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>Walter,

Walter,

what data is not sensitive in the times of big data?
My brother works for a company doing big data - encrypted messages or face to face speak is all what he is accepting. He realy moves a message via sneaker net to read it ....
The problem is that all those data accumulate.