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TIL Fastmail is an Australian company. I wonder if this bill applies to data hosted outside of Australia for international clients by a company based in Australia?

I'd really like to know what they have to say about this.

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As far as I know, Fastmail has been backdoored for a few years now by Australian government (and hence I assume the USA, too). It is Fastmail’s biggest disadvantage, in my opinion.

While that may be true (and I'm sort of disappointed to find this out), I don't think there's any server _at all_ that I'd trust if I'm worried about certain governments snooping in on my email. That level of communication would prompt me to use PGP.

Yes, that is is why I continue to be a Fastmail customer. I do not think there is a comparable alternative with no government snooping.

Snooping is one thing. Full blown legal access for law enforcement to view and tamper is another.

Being able to tamper is a game changer and would cause me to end my subscription. As far as I know, the US government does not explicitly condone that...yet.

They don't seem to mention any special treatment for international clients: https://www.fastmail.com/help/ourservice/law-enforcement.htm...

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