Excellent point. And how are the anonymous activists supposed to prove that they're US citizens without revealing their identities? And just as with the NSA's

Excellent point. And how are the anonymous activists supposed to prove that they're US citizens without revealing their identities? And just as with the NSA's reasoning, there's no protection for non-US citizens. Also worth highlighting: any mechanisms Microsoft (or other companies) build in to allow the NSA access to data also have the side effect of allowing access to that data in this situation. Of course as they keep pointing out they only disclose data in response to a court order. But when the courts are granting subpena's like this, that's not a big comfort.