Their servers are located in the US according to the article.
> American company…
Then, noticing the critical error, the GP said:
> Fastmail is owned by Opera a Norwegian company.
Replying to the American company part.
> You said: Their servers are located in the US according to the article.
So, the servers location have nothing to do with whether the company is American or not. And while that might have a bearing on certain facets of the topic as a whole, it's meaningless in this context. Basically, what you said does not change anything.
As in, the actual point, which is that your e-mails are liable to be searched by the NSA.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but if Fastmail moved servers outside the US, then it would be in a better position as a non-US company than if it was a US company with servers outside the US?
Despite what some might believe, where a company operates from is actually important, regardless of where the servers are hosted.
Believing that it being an American company or not is not important is silly.