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In reply to the discussion: Cyber-pro Chris Vickery:GOPs private "subpoena-resistant" servers physically IN Russia. [View all]pecosbob
(8,493 posts)35. Web pages are stored on a computer server somewhere in the world
The server is owned and maintained by the web hosting service, i.e GoDaddy or COX or whoever. In this case the web server was located in Russia outside of U.S. legal jurisdiction, therefore a U.S. court could not gain access to any data stored there even with a subpeona.
So the service was created to allow Republican American politicos to communicate with each other on sensitive subjects and store sensitive data there in contravention to a number of U.S. laws regarding recordkeeping by government officials.
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Cyber-pro Chris Vickery:GOPs private "subpoena-resistant" servers physically IN Russia. [View all]
blm
Aug 2019
OP
Apparently someone sent to Rachel Maddow (and others, including Hillary Clinton).
triron
Aug 2019
#5
May have already been removed for some time...we'll have to rely on the tweeter for details
pecosbob
Aug 2019
#13
Sorry I wan't clear...the web adddress www.civicmerit.com redirects to the ISP
pecosbob
Aug 2019
#16
A server is a machine that allows the relay or storage (like "the cloud") of others computer com-
ancianita
Aug 2019
#34
subpoena any communications from server clients, because Russia never cooperates with our FBI
ancianita
Aug 2019
#43