Microsoft admits Patriot Act can access EU-based cloud data: MD of Microsoft UK, says that cloud dat - Polidicks

[QUOTE=Swilly;30877467]Dear Rest of the Planet, [B]We aren't listened to anymore.[/B] Sincerely, An American who is moving out.[/QUOTE] Wait what?

[QUOTE=Hyperbole;30877540]Wait what?[/QUOTE] Are you serious? None of our politicians or too few listen to us anymore. Its all money now and since the majority of us can't even beat the 1% that has the majority of it. You can see where I'm going. I thought it was well established that the only government agencies that listen to us are the Military and the EPA.

[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;30870376]It's an acronym [b]P[/b]roviding [b]A[/b]ppropriate [b]T[/b]ools [b]R[/b]equired to [b]I[/b]ntercept and [b]O[/b]bstruct [b]T[/b]errorism[/QUOTE] Its not an acronym. That is a cover-up for why it is really named that. Its obviously named after the La-li-lu-le-lo

[QUOTE=Edthefirst;30873541]It was supposed to sunset, what, two or three times already, and each time they extended it. Fuck, come on Obama. You seriously fucked up and extended it. Ugh.[/QUOTE]Allowing it to expire would be a second term kind of thing, the way things look in the GOP primary I'm optimistic about those chances.

America infected Germany already with it's paranoia, we're having a hard time here with the feds logging everything regarding the net and banks, silly SWIFT-Agreement and Anti-terrorism legislation renewal

The only thing I would use a cloud for would be for storage of family photos and stuff, in case my house burns down or whatnot. I feel much more comfortable with my own physical storage.

[QUOTE=Swilly;30877467]Dear Rest of the Planet, We aren't listened to anymore. Sincerely, An American who is moving out.[/QUOTE] The real problem is the fact that most Americans accept the Patriot Act after someone says 9/11. A law like this wouldn't get support from both major congressional parties without public support.

[QUOTE=Billiam;30878063]The real problem is the fact that most Americans accept the Patriot Act after someone says 9/11. A law like this wouldn't get support from both major congressional parties without public support.[/QUOTE] It shouldn't have been continued, no one wanted it to continue.

[QUOTE=Swilly;30878132]It shouldn't have been continued, no one wanted it to continue.[/QUOTE] I don't know about that, a lot people are still scared of another 9/11 and will sink to the lowest level if they feel that helps.

[QUOTE=Billiam;30878257]I don't know about that, a lot people are still scared of another 9/11 and will sink to the lowest level if they feel that helps.[/QUOTE] God fucking dammit.

Stop fucking complaining you Europussies. USA is #1 and if we need to have access to every single bit of your info 24/7 without you really having a say in the matter, who gives a fuck? It's not like you people have rights in your shitty third world country. We have things like The Constitution and The Bill of Rights and shit. It says things like we get to carry big fucking guns and say whatever we want and we can have all the privacy we want (OK well the patriot act completely disagrees with that part but who cares it's not like people get to say what laws should and shouldn't be put in place. This isn't no fucking red commie asian country) also gays shouldn't be able to get married. It's Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve. [b][For those who completely obliterated their sarcasm detector somehow and think I'm serious, I'm including the following statement. I'm not serious. This is complete bullshit on Microsoft's part.][/b]

[QUOTE=AltFanatic;30870135]fucking dammit obama shouldve gotten rid of it[/QUOTE] because he can just say "repeal it lol" and it's gone you don't understand

So if the US uses this power and accidentally obtains the information of a non-US citizen during the process, are they legally obligated to destroy that information immediately and notify the person as well as their home country's government I really doubt it but you never know

US government needs to fuck off.