Re: [clug-talk] Calgary area high-speed ISPs / running your own mail server

2014-08-25 Thread Greg King
I attended a recent talk by Mark Rasch, Legal, Regulatory and Privacy Specialist with Critical Defence, Washington DC, who claimed hosting data in the USA is actually safer than in Canada because of rules the NSA and others must follow to access private data in the USA, but once data is hosted a

Re: [clug-talk] Calgary area high-speed ISPs / running your own mail server

2014-08-25 Thread Gustin Johnson
There is no "safe" place to store your data. FISA means that any claim that there is legal protection for your data is utter nonsense. AFAIK Switzerland is the only nation that has meaningful legislation covering this, so if you need that checkbox to make someone happy, then this is your place.

Re: [clug-talk] Calgary area high-speed ISPs / running your own mail server

2014-08-25 Thread John Jardine
Hey Gustin, > AFAIK Switzerland is the only nation that has meaningful legislation Iceland also makes the list (and would be my selection): https://nomadcapitalist.com/2013/12/15/top-5-best-countries-host-website-data-privacy/ > Having said that legislation does not actually protect your data.

[clug-talk] [BULK] Happy Birthday Linux

2014-08-25 Thread Simon Wood
After having my head burried in the sand all day(longer some might say), I just found out that Linux is 23 today! The weird thing is that a cancelled flight has found me in the Toad and Turtle, where I haven't been in quiet a while... Co-incidence or some greater plan? So happy birthday, may th