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How is that not a $1 billion fine under European law?
by singularity2001 3y ago
How is that not a $1 billion fine under European law?
- paganel 3y agoBecause Europe heavily depends on the US for its defense and because most of MS is by now an extension of the US establishment from a strategic pov (the dividends and the profits still go to MS’s private investors, many of them Americans, but that’s not what the US establishment is really after)
- berkes 3y agoNo. Because it's still early. It quite probably will turn out to be fined. Let's wait (for months or years).
- paganel 3y agoIf anything, the fine would be at most a symbolic gesture. Just think how would hell have broken loose if the same practice had been carried out by a Chinese company or even by a Russian one (such as Kaspersky, let's say).
- matrss 3y agoThis shouldn't be just a fine. They exfiltrate a users credentials for another service without explicit consent and intercept a confidential communication channel between the user and their mail provider. This is straight up criminal behavior and should lead to jail time for the responsible person.