Amazon Web Services set to support more Asia-Pacific currencies for customer bills

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is working to bill its products in a range of Asia-Pacific currencies as necessary, The Register has learned. This story starts with an odd email sent to Australian AWS customers that opens: "We are working on a corporate reorganisation by which Amazon Web Services Australia Pty Ltd ('AWS Australia') …

[Anonymous Coward]

Beware Aussie cloud hacking rule

What different does that make whether its selling AWS from Aussie to Asia or AWS from US to Asia for billing?.... the big difference is the new Aussie hacking law that lets Australia hack and backdoor AWS for intelligence purposes.

Now Asia countries would be buying *Australian* LEGALLY BACKDOORED AWS, with a clear jurisdiction of Australia and subject to the new hack and spy laws. In other words, if you're using that, the Aussies are likely free to help themselves to your data, and Amazon has covered itself by moving the jurisdiction to Australia, so you knew what you were doing by buying into that Aussie backdoor crap.

Think of all that commercial secrets, customer data, citizen data, political insight, all making their way over to 5 eyes countries. Think of those weaker G7 countries using that data to try to keep a competitive advantage in a shifting world....

Think of all your apps downloaded from AWS services, now hackable from Australia....

Think of all your web cloud services, now with a little bit of Aussie code legally added....

Give it a pass. Or better still, pass aggressive counter measure laws.