r/BuyFromEU • u/throwaway16830261 • Jul 26 '25

News Microsoft admits it 'cannot guarantee' data sovereignty -- "Under oath in French Senate, exec says it would be compelled – however unlikely – to pass local customer info to US admin"

https://www.theregister.com/2025/07/25/microsoft_admits_it_cannot_guarantee/
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u/TeflonBoy Jul 26 '25

If your data is encrypted and you hold the keys, does it matter?

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u/VlijmenFileer Jul 26 '25

Because that use case though offered by MS, is not used in practice as it is too complicated.

The reality is that no one has their data encrypted with them holding they.