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It probably says the same as Microsoft giving data access to the NSA (and they do).
by icantthinkofone 12y ago
It probably says the same as Microsoft giving data access to the NSA (and they do).
- lern_too_spel 12y agoMicrosoft gives data to the NSA for specific users when they receive a court order for those users' data. That has nothing to do with this article.
- icantthinkofone 12y agoSo does Google but the article specifically says, "and other industry executives". Microsoft has long been known to freely divulge information to the NSA while Google has long complained about government intrusion and publishes such information requests when it can. Please don't be under the false impression that Google, and only Google, is complicit in these things as headlines like this imply. In fact, the headline implies there is wrongdoing going on which, on its face, is blatantly false. There is no fact.
- lern_too_spel 12y ago"Microsoft has long been known to freely divulge information to the NSA" {{Citation needed}} Neither company has been known to do that.
- icantthinkofone 12y agoI never thought anyone would need a citation for something that has been common knowledge for years.
- abritishguy 12y agoSo common is this knowledge that stating attracts downvotes on a forum with the people who would know.
- fnordfnordfnord 12y agohttp://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-c...
- lern_too_spel 12y agoThis article is about systems Microsoft built for handing over specific users' data that Microsoft was given a court order for. Again, there is no evidence of Microsoft freely divulging any user information to the NSA without a court order.