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One more thing, Microsoft is a hypocrite. Microsoft employed a number of marketing campaigns to smear Google. They even went so far as to hire Mark Penn, a poli
by bitmapbrother 11y ago
One more thing, Microsoft is a hypocrite. Microsoft employed a number of marketing campaigns to smear Google. They even went so far as to hire Mark Penn, a political smear campaign hitman, to carry out their plans. Now that we know all of the nefarious activities Microsoft has been up to and tried to conceal from the press their actions are even more despicable. From breaking into their users accounts and rifling through their documents, giving the NSA full access to Skype, online storage and email and the spyware infected Windows 10 that they're now trying to impose on people unwillingly.
As for your question, it's better to attack a hypocrite that claimed to champion privacy when in reality they did just the opposite.
- oldmanjay 11y agoWhat hypocrisy are you referencing? I'm not really questioning the veracity of your list of items, to be clear. I just don't see anything that fits the definition of hypocrisy.
- bitmapbrother 11y agoMicrosoft accused Google of spying on you and invading your privacy in a number of failed PR campaigns. It was then discovered that not only was Microsoft spying on you, but they took it to the next level with their links with the NSA, their invasion of a user's email and storage accounts and the built in spyware embedded into Windows 10.
- threatofrain 11y agoThe hypocrisy is that Microsoft wants us to remember that we're getting Scroogled, but ignore that they are just as bad for privacy. Personally I don't care about hypocrisy; people can flip flop all the time, and maybe it indicates a flexible mind that updates based on new evidence. What bothers me is the dishonest implication that Microsoft is good for privacy, and that the anxiety they wish to arouse for Google shouldn't be placed back on Microsoft.
- bitmapbrother 11y agoLooks like the Microsoft reputation manager dogs were notified.
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