@kallisti @silhouette @malwaretech Hmm.. If my data is adrift (not clearly in transit) do I have to pay salvage to whoever recovers it (before the pirates, state sponsored or not, get it)? The right of free passage is one thing. The right to just bob about in the ocean as though it's some sort of "the floor is lava" defence is not so well established. In fact it's established that a vessel is subject to the laws of the country who's flag it flies. Hence flags of convenience and all that but it's not "stateless".