Quote:Hazard wrote:Again, pretty much it's asking for geolocking to become part of the culture, if you will. Even if it doesn't become government mandated in areas, in some cases it might make it easier when America comes knocking to just tell them to go away.
I wouldn't be too surprised if governments start demanding from Google that they store any data of their citizens in their own borders and special authorization requirements for accessing Google provided services from across borders. Because that, apparently, is needed to keep the US from saying they've authority to demand access to private documents if the Microsoft case is anything to go by.
In fact, I would not be surprised if some internet companies decide that the risk of serving an imperialist has-been nation is just not worth whatever business they'd get.
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