UK and EU Government Data to Be Moved Into Google and Microsoft Clouds

https://sfg.media/en/a/uk-and-eu-government-data-to-be-moved-into-google-and-microsoft-clouds/

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purplerabbit@piefed.blahaj.zone · 56 pts · 359d (1 reply)

What the fuck are they doing? I feel like Europe is constantly talking about how they are worried about the influence of the US and the big American companies and how they want to be more independent. And then every now and then they pull shit like this....

Anekdoteles@feddit.org · 4 pts · 359d

Europe is not a single person, neither is any state or institution. They are more the confluence of streams of interests, that might look completely different upstream.

SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 38 pts · 359d

"All your data can be investigated by a corrupt, fascist regime. "

"Nice, here's more of it!"

zeropointone@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 359d

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octopus_ink@slrpnk.net · 27 pts · 359d

The Step Opens Access for U.S. Authorities, Deepens Reliance on Single Providers, and Undermines Digital Sovereignty

Yes, Yes, and Yes.

WTF people.

DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 359d

What could possibly go wrong?

friend_of_satan@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 359d (4 replies)

Why on earth not choose Hetzner?

Tiger_Man_@szmer.info · 14 pts · 359d (3 replies)

Hetzner would be equally bad idea because sensitive data should be selfhosted and inaccessible to any corporation

SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 8 pts · 359d

And not only is it easily possible to set up your own, private cloud on your own metal with open source software, this software is at least partially funded WITH DUCKING EU MONEY, WHAT THE DUCK?

FleischMicha@feddit.org · 7 pts · 359d

I would not say equally bad, but you do have a point

CAVOK@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 358d

Not a bad fit for government data though. I think they should focus on other things than running datacenters.

some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org · 14 pts · 359d

That's a pretty smart move after my country has declared the entire world enemies. /s

middlemanSI@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 359d

stupid

tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 359d

Hell yeah lmao

Tehdastehdas@piefed.social · 8 pts · 358d