Microsoft gets twitchy over talk of Europe's tech independence

Frank Karlitschek, CEO of Nextcloud, told us in March, "The Cloud Act grants US authorities access to cloud data hosted by US companies. It does not matter if that data is located in the US, Europe, or anywhere else."

Another interesting quote from the article. Microsoft President Brad Smith adds:

In the unlikely event we are ever ordered by any government anywhere in the world to suspend or cease cloud operations in Europe, we are committing that Microsoft will promptly and vigorously contest such a measure using all legal avenues available [...]

So they are seriously considering a possibility of an export ban for digital services 😯