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Re: This needs to stop by laudablepuss 09/19/2014, 3:21pm PDT
The out-of-control stupidity continues here. Proposed bill to prevent the government from . . . oh wait this does nothing. The bill allows the Feds to do exactly what they are doing, and what the judge in the case agreed was ok: executing a warrant for a US customer's data, no matter where that data might be stored.

But keep believing whatever you want, Arstechnica retards. Another article worth quoting:
Serrin Turner, a prosecutor from the office of Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, said the warrant did not involve a search in Ireland but simply required Microsoft to provide documents it controls.

"It makes no sense for Congress to make the government go on a wild-goose chase ... when the provider is sitting here in this country and can access the data at the touch of a button," he said.

Yes, exactly. But then the lunatics chime in:
Rosenkranz raised the specter of foreign governments turning the tables and seeking U.S.-based data via warrants issued in their own countries, which he said would be an "astounding" violation of our sovereignty.

Right, because our sovereignty is threatened if Japan wants Honda to cough up data on Japanese citizens that technically resides on a hard drive in Nevada. Meanwhile it's NOT a ridiculous loophole to avoid oversight and sidestep the law by just copy pasta your data to another data center in the bahamas, say. Please also note that this has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with privacy concerns. The validity of the warrant in that regard is not being questioned by anyone in the case as far as I can tell, and in any event is totally separate from the "it's in my other pants" defense Microsoft is using.

Oh one more thing:
Preska pointed out that U.S. banks have long been required to provide records in response to subpoenas, even when stored overseas.
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