Frankfurt surely has a great IX. Even if Frankfurt would make everyone better of...

samstave · on Dec 11, 2016

I have less of a concern on latency than I do with who has taps in the lines...

I would assume that the .de lines are saturated with 5 eyes...

nikanj · on Dec 11, 2016

I remain skeptical about the existence of non-tapped lines.

samstave · on Dec 11, 2016

+1

EDIT: Funny, every single documented, proven link for the last several years has proven me and GP correct and all you nay-sayers wrong.

predakanga · on Dec 12, 2016

I believe the downvotes are due to "+1" not adding anything to the conversation, as opposed to people disagreeing with the sentiment.

samstave · on Dec 12, 2016

Isnt it ironic that a (+1) on HN will get downvotes yet thats basically what every single HNer seeks to see in their requests on git. :-)

cpach · on Dec 11, 2016

So what location would be out of reach of FVEY? And why would you put secret stuff on Gitlab.com?

Spooky23 · on Dec 11, 2016

Why would you care?

samstave · on Dec 11, 2016

What's your email address, SSN and password. If you have nothing to hide, then you shouldn't care why I want to read all your messages.

Spooky23 · on Dec 11, 2016

Where are the customers coming from that are immune to national intelligience apparatus?

I wouldn't make a business decision around a general feeling of paranoia. German spies aren't an improvement over American or British ones.

closeparen · on Dec 12, 2016

Why would you care, as in, why would you have cleartext data on the wire?

This is Gitlab. There should never be any data in or out except HTTPS and SSH.

samstave · on Dec 13, 2016

thank you. i didnt read it with that context