Cisco making a stand against the empire! +1 for Dignity and the Constitution!

This Matters! Cisco making a stand against the empire.

Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard arguments in Microsoft’s litigation with the U.S. government over data stored in its Ireland data center. Cisco joined together with Verizon, HP, eBay, salesforce, and Infor to file an amicus (friend of the court) brief in support of Microsoft’s position. The Government of Ireland along with Apple, the ACLU, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Fox News, and NPR also supported Microsoft’s argument.

The case turns on whether or not the U.S. government can serve a warrant at a location in the United States demanding access to data stored abroad. (The specific facts involve a warrant for the contents of a Hotmail account hosted in Ireland sought as part of a narcotics investigation).

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Hey Empire…

+1 for Dignity and the Constitution!