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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.nz/post/24923354

Europeโ€™s ambition for digital sovereignty is more urgent than ever. But instead of backing truly European, privacy-first services, many European businesses and even EU and local authorities still rely on US tech, and might consider the brand-new and shiny "sovereign cloud" offerings as a useful solution.

But what if the "sovereign cloud" is less secure than US companies want us to believe? Let's take a deep dive into the "Microsoft Sovereign Cloud", the "Sovereign Cloud from Google", and the advertised "European Digital Sovereignty from Amazon Web Services" and whether it's safe to use these as a European authority or business.

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[โ€“] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 16 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

After Microsoft pulled the ICC email servers every government, including my own in Canada, needs to drop Microsoft and US vendors ASAP.

Servers being located in Canada does not protect them from their certificates being revoked.

It doesnโ€™t matter how disruptive and expensive that is, if all of your government organizations and military communication channels and documents go down overnight due to an executive order you are 100% thoroughly fucked.

This needs to happen asap because there are at minimum 3.5 more years of an administration willing to weaponize executive orders and tech companies obediently following them.