It will not protect you. China data brokers are generally not prevented from selling data on US people to US companies.
replyThe parent's threat model reads to me like pure contrarianism, and not actual threat modeling.
replyLet's think this all the way through in multiple actual scenarios... nope. Far worse than hiring a lawyer in your jurisdiction in multiple ways.
> I love how we have to pretend like China is some scary boogeyman because people on screens say they are.
replyI think you've lost the plot a bit on this one.
I'm scared of China because of their lack of democracy and the terrifying stuff they do to their own citizenry, which presumably they'd very much like to expand.
So, you're all-in on Mistral then? Do they offer something similar to this?
replyI couldn't agree more but feel that so many people on here consider themselves VIP that this won't be well-regarded
reply>Unless you're a VIP, a chinese entity storing your data is probably better than a US company, as a westerner. It wont be used to manipulate you and will generally be used less adversarially against you.
replyyou can't possibly be serious
I initially wanted to dislike this but it's actually genius hahaha
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