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I seriously doubt it is anything but a quid pro quo arrangement.

• burkaman 9y ago
  Why? What would the CIA/NSA gain by telling Microsoft what they're doing? It's not like it's impossible to find serious security flaws without colluding, independent researchers do it all the time. It seems like asking for a quid pro quo would open up a huge risk of discovery without very much gain.
  • riazrizvi 9y ago
    Why would it be a quid pro quo? A government-hackable system allows intelligence services to 'keep the country safe' by helping data gathering (remember the arguments put forth during the iPhone/FBI kerfuffle). So governments support them through the means at their disposal, funding, govt contracts, State dept deals etc. The company gains because they shift product. Win-win. I'm not sure what the CIA/NSA would gain by explaining their tactics, I don't understand why they would ever do that. IMO it is a non-sequitor to my comment.