The Law of the Log [was: tor webmail/vpn/hosting providers]

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On 6/7/16, Артур Истомин <art.istom at yandex.ru> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 07, 2016 at 03:40:37PM +0200, carlo von lynX wrote:
>> I don't understand why people still use mail services under
>> Patriot Act.. er.. I mean Freedom Act jurisdiction? It's
>> like searching with DuckDuckGo.. even if the majority of
>> employees is sooo convinced that they are not collaborating
>> with authorities, the law says they are.
>
> Exactly my thoughts. Duckduckgo and other services under US jurisdiction
> *by law* saving logs, mails etc.

There are laws
- 'must' log / save, in fucked up countries
- 'must not', in nicer countries
- 'may' or 'no such law', in other weird / free / limbo places

In the context, the US is actually largely the third case.
In that situation, human nature trends toward saving,
which then gets abused, whether by the saver and their
lineage, or by an authority over, or adversary of, the saver.

>> Laws are one of the few things on earth that still tell the
>> truth. Once you read them, you understand why the earth is shite.
>> The fact, only a minority does, allows general population (and
>> the media by reflection) to think of reality as something else
>> than what it is.

See also: Reality TV programming