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From the Fastmail thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6070070

Fastmail has servers in the United States (https://www.fastmail.fm/help/overview_about.html), which means the NSA can still request access to those servers.

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I thought that the NSA was grabbing all data going through the cables at large ISPs so that they don't need to send requests at individual companies? For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A

I work for FastMail. We (Opera Software Australia) are an Australian company, subject to Australian privacy laws regardless of the location of our servers. We legally must only respond to Australian law enforcement agencies with valid Australian warrants (summary of the law is available here: https://www.efa.org.au/Issues/Privacy/tia.html).

What happens if your hosting company gets an NSA request to access your servers?

Being Australian probably makes it easier on the NSA, not harder. They're allowed to spy unfettered on foreigners.

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