The Swiss privacy regulator Privatim has taken steps to ban Microsoft, Amazon, and Google's American cloud services for government agencies. Data storage

The Swiss privacy regulator Privatim has taken steps to ban Microsoft, Amazon, and Google’s American cloud services for government agencies. Data storage within Switzerland offers no protection against American laws, Privatim argues.

  • neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    This is a legit stance national digital sovereignty.

    Likewise, it’s been similar to the idea I’ve had of having every US state run its own official mastodon instance: host data and provide updates/messages, be a reliable data source, but offer minimal services of your own. Be as read-only as possible architecturally. Ensure that you control your platform’s data source.