@dcz Ok, I'm using huricane tunnel service with PoP at Frankfurt https://www.tunnelbroker.net/status.php was using AMS before since FRA was overloaded. Latency is 20-30ms.
@ruff Thanks. Hurricane is not EU-based though, so it's out of the question.
@dcz ah so you need legal entity in EU? Their PoPs (end hence breakout) are definitely in EU.
@ruff Yeah, I'm not entrusting my traffic to a US-based company :)
@dcz If you don't use (or trust) encryption then yes, although I don't see much difference here between US, UK or DE based companies, my trust to them is comparable.
@ruff Encryption won't protect the metadata, like IP addresses. I don't want to be responsible for snitching on my visitors more than strictly necessary.
USA is rather behind EU in privacy, to the extent that EU data can not go there by default
https://www.gdprsummary.com/schrems-ii/
This decision has knock-on effects now
@dcz USA is merely wild west here while in EU surveillance is heavily bureaucratized (eg X1-X3 interfaces and stuff). For end user (like me) it still means I have no idea whether I'm under LI or not, legitimately or by whim.
@ruff I think Snowden proved that the wild west in the USA is also used by beaurocrats. No need to share my stuff with both sides of the ocean.
I don't know what LI or X3 is.
@dcz X1-X3 is series of protocols/interfaces which any EU telco operator must implement to provide LI (Lawful intercept or simple surveillance).
@ruff Either is good, as long as it is physically close.