From: Man@the.keyboard   
      
   On 1 Feb 2026 13:22:17 GMT, Frank Slootweg    
   wrote:   
      
   >John  wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 20:03:53 +1100, Daniel70   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> >On 21/01/2026 5:18 am, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   >[...]   
   >> >> which means my medical and financial records are in a Veracrypt   
   >> >> encrypted volume while my passwords are in KeepassXC on Windows (with   
   >> >> compatible apps for them on Android).   
   >> >   
   >> >Too Hi-Tech for me. ;-P   
   >>   
   >>  Yeah, best to let your G.P. and clinics sell your data to a variety   
   >> of commercial entities and ultimately to Apple, Microsoft and Meta.   
   >> Those guys keep *everything* and they keep it *forever*. You know that   
   >> your data is secure and safe with them.   
   >>   
   >>  UKland, where our Government *protects* our valued, private,   
   >> confidential data really, really well so we don't need to.   
   >   
   >  I  assume that also that last remark was sarcasm, because, like most   
   >European (and other) countries, your government is probably also using   
   >'services' from US companies, which fall under US jurisdiction, even if   
   >the servers containing your data are in the UK.   
      
    Nope. Odds are that the "services" are running on servers in Eire,   
   the Irish Republic, because that's cheaper and the tax law and   
   incentives to locate there are better. Eire *used* to be part of "The   
   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland", a while back but it   
   hasn't been for almost a century.   
      
    There's still a rather odd, sticky-out bit at the top end of the   
   island of Ireland that is sometimes considered to be part of "U.K.G.B.   
   and N.I." by some people but that's contentious and an irritation to   
   many on and off the island, and it's tax laws and incentives muchly   
   align with those of London. Mostly. Sort of.   
      
    You are right that USofAn guys may *own* the servers and services but   
   a lot of them are physically quite close to us.   
      
   > So the US   
   >administration, etc. can not only access your data, but can disable your   
   >(government's) access to it.   
      
    Technically, in some ways, Eire may also be able to annoy London.   
   Maybe. They usually don't. They are usually smarter than that and a   
   lot nicer. Also, they know that there's no real point. That's part of   
   "usually smarter". :)   
      
   >On a small scale this is already practiced   
   >(ICC judges, etc.), so 'we' only have to wait for a full-scale event.   
      
      
    You are correct in that storing my stuff on a USofAn-owned computer   
   subject to the whims of a petty, childish tyrant is maybe not the best   
   way to protect and to ensure full access to it but that is not   
   something we, as individuals can do anything to remedy. It is far too   
   late to change.   
      
      
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