No, it’s not ‘unnecessarily burdensome’ to control your own data https://cyberscoop.com/us-state-department-data-sovereignty-myth-op-ed/
No, it’s not ‘unnecessarily burdensome’ to control your own data

The U.S. State Department calls data sovereignty "burdensome," but they’re missing the point. Discover why true security is about encryption keys, not borders.

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@patrickcmiller yes, we know this. The reason that governments are not keen on encryption, is that even they have trouble getting at your stuff.

So they'd rather oppose geographically based sovereignty than encourage cryptographically based sovereignty.