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All the more reason to be on a non-US based server right now.
Worth noting that a lot of their subpoenas are BS though and could be fought successfully. Big tech is too scared to do even minor things to protect their users because the regime will retaliate in other ways that could cost them money. Small hobby servers don't have the same avenue of attack, although they might be more vulnerable in other ways.
This. I work for a tech company that unfortunately gets quite a few subpoenas, from little police departments to the letter agencies, and I have pushed back on subpoenas and warrants that I felt infringed on peoples rights and "negotiated down" the scope of them. If a company isn't willing to try and keep their users out of the legal crossfire they're cowards.
Call me naive, but I trust my instance. I don't even agree with everything it stands for, but I trust the admin.
A server in
.auis still part of the 5 eyes, so...True... I guess I'm not too knowledgeable about the situation in Australia. How would the US approach them and what legal avenues for resistance exist?
They're not a fascist government but they also don't seem to have the same free speech protections the US does. Not that that has helped us much,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Eyes
We can't spy on our citizens, we'll just ask our buddies to do it for us.
Spying is a bit different from being compelled to share data though. Probably everyone is vulnerable to secret surveillance, I'm not sure how to mitigate against that. But the information from such efforts will be more limited.