As I said in another comment, it’s not Microsoft’s position to be the judge of who is and isn’t fascist. It’s their position to stay in business, and you don’t do that by disobeying the government.
Do you think Microsoft should have sacrificed the entire company instead of follow the law?
Doesn’t change the fact that they did it, though. Although “US govt forced MS to shut down prosecutor’s email” would indeed have been more accurate.
The question still remains to whether corporations should bow to tyrannical demands. I think they do so too eagerly and should fight it more. If they don’t, that’s a pretty clear sign to anyone that your data and email simply isn’t safe in their hands.
It does change that fact, because again - they’re forced to by law. There’s no wiggle room. Had they chosen to defy them and take them to court, Microsoft probably would have been forced to cease trading in the USA or something equally as company destroying.
Your data and email isn’t ever “safe” unless you’re hosting every single part of it yourself, and even then - if the government orders you to do something, you’ll fold like origami when faced with the alternative. Microsoft aren’t in the business of deciding who is and isn’t “tyrannical”. They are in the business of following legal orders and staying in business though.
It doesn’t matter that they’re forced by law. That just means no US company is safe. It still means you need to get your stuff out of there.
And yes, your data and email can be safe, because EU law requires your data to be safe. It is becoming impossible for international tech companies to obey both US and EU law, and if you want your stuff to be safe, you should choose one that obeys EU law.
Mind you, Microsoft is actually planning to do something about this; they’ve suggested (but not yet implemented, I think) separating their EU based servers into a separate daughter company under a European board. But until they actually implement that, your data isn’t safe.
And your data is even less safe with some other US tech companies which have a longer history of flaunting EU data protection rules in order to exploit your data.
You’re forgetting the fact that the government ordered MS to do this. Moving your data to the EU does nothing to prevent any EU government from ordering the same thing.
Because they were ordered to by the government or face enormous fines and repercussions.
Preeeeetty big thing to leave out of the headline if you ask me.
So they complied with a fascist regime to avoid fines and repercussions… They still complied with a fascist regime. Pretty bit thing if you ask me.
As I said in another comment, it’s not Microsoft’s position to be the judge of who is and isn’t fascist. It’s their position to stay in business, and you don’t do that by disobeying the government.
Do you think Microsoft should have sacrificed the entire company instead of follow the law?
Doesn’t change the fact that they did it, though. Although “US govt forced MS to shut down prosecutor’s email” would indeed have been more accurate.
The question still remains to whether corporations should bow to tyrannical demands. I think they do so too eagerly and should fight it more. If they don’t, that’s a pretty clear sign to anyone that your data and email simply isn’t safe in their hands.
It does change that fact, because again - they’re forced to by law. There’s no wiggle room. Had they chosen to defy them and take them to court, Microsoft probably would have been forced to cease trading in the USA or something equally as company destroying.
Your data and email isn’t ever “safe” unless you’re hosting every single part of it yourself, and even then - if the government orders you to do something, you’ll fold like origami when faced with the alternative. Microsoft aren’t in the business of deciding who is and isn’t “tyrannical”. They are in the business of following legal orders and staying in business though.
It doesn’t matter that they’re forced by law. That just means no US company is safe. It still means you need to get your stuff out of there.
And yes, your data and email can be safe, because EU law requires your data to be safe. It is becoming impossible for international tech companies to obey both US and EU law, and if you want your stuff to be safe, you should choose one that obeys EU law.
Mind you, Microsoft is actually planning to do something about this; they’ve suggested (but not yet implemented, I think) separating their EU based servers into a separate daughter company under a European board. But until they actually implement that, your data isn’t safe.
And your data is even less safe with some other US tech companies which have a longer history of flaunting EU data protection rules in order to exploit your data.
You’re forgetting the fact that the government ordered MS to do this. Moving your data to the EU does nothing to prevent any EU government from ordering the same thing.