<![CDATA[The little devil on my shoulder wants me to tell you about https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/copilot-flex-routing]]>The little devil on my shoulder wants me to tell you about https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/copilot-flex-routing

Apparently is not able to get enough compute within EU datacenters to handle requests.

Instead, it will do "Flex-Routing", which processes some requests in non-EU datacenters. This is Opt-Out. The only notification was an e-mail to Admins. If they missed that, companies might be leaking PII outside of the EU from tomorrow on.

Get your GDPR Nightmare letters ready!

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Or just GTFO from vulnerabilities to US companies.

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The "flex-routing" may not be to American data centers only.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116415115021381561https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Npars01/statuses/116415115021381561Thu, 16 Apr 2026 15:34:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The little devil on my shoulder wants me to tell you about https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/copilot-flex-routing on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:30:25 GMT]]>@thunfisch I thought GDPR applies whenever the data subject is a person based in the EU, regardless of whether the data processing is also happening in the EU or the US?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mkornblum/statuses/116414862193219636https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/mkornblum/statuses/116414862193219636Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:30:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The little devil on my shoulder wants me to tell you about https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/copilot-flex-routing on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:05:41 GMT]]>@thunfisch
Thanks to the cloud act it doesn't matter if the datacenter is in the US or the EU or on the moon - the US government can always request access and US companies have to grant it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Doomed_Daniel/statuses/116414764899114478https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.gamedev.place/users/Doomed_Daniel/statuses/116414764899114478Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:05:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The little devil on my shoulder wants me to tell you about https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/copilot-flex-routing on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:00:09 GMT]]>@thunfisch The US has always been super clear that data sovereignty claims by US tech companies doesn't absolve them the obligation to respond to data requests from the US.

But yeah, the comedy that they both created this sovereign EU cloud and then immediately turned around and went "but okay sometimes it's just gonna pipe stuff to the US anyways because AI" is *chef's kiss*.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ocdtrekkie/statuses/116414507223865953https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ocdtrekkie/statuses/116414507223865953Thu, 16 Apr 2026 13:00:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The little devil on my shoulder wants me to tell you about https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/copilot-flex-routing on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:24:01 GMT]]>@thunfisch "Flex routing is on by default for eligible tenants that were created after March 25, 2026. For eligible tenants that existed before March 25, 2026, please check the Message Center for more details on your tenant’s default flex routing setting." Splendid!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/nitram2342/statuses/116414365138491619https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/nitram2342/statuses/116414365138491619Thu, 16 Apr 2026 12:24:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The little devil on my shoulder wants me to tell you about https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/copilot/copilot-flex-routing on Thu, 16 Apr 2026 11:18:35 GMT]]>This is a prime example, why "But we're using their EU datacenters!" is a weak argument when using services from US company.

Things like AWS "sovereign EU cloud" are bullshit in a similar vein.

Companies in a capitalist reality will keep doing what companiees in a capitalist reality have always done: Extract the maximum profit possible.

It should be obvious that "dataprivacy" is not a term in that sentence.

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