00:00Could you lose your apps in an instant?
00:02Recently, Iran launched strikes targeting a U.S. cloud data center in the Persian Gulf.
00:08Why? The same servers that run your delivery apps, payments, and messages also process military data.
00:14Under the laws of war, that can make them legitimate targets.
00:17And when they go down, you feel it instantly.
00:20A recent attack disrupted a wide range of apps.
00:23So what's the solution?
00:25Some countries are trying something called data embassies.
00:28They store backups of its most important data in another country, in smaller distributed facilities that are harder to target.
00:36So even if something happens at home, war, cyber attacks, natural disasters, critical services keep running.
00:43Countries like Estonia and Monaco already do this in Luxembourg.
00:47But there's no global agreement on how this should work, no clear legal protections.
00:51So right now, most of your digital life is still sitting in a few physical buildings that could become targets
00:58overnight.
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