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"Microsoft believes you own emails stored in the cloud, and that they have the same privacy protection as paper letters sent by mail" Clarification: Microsoft
by al2o3cr 12y ago
"Microsoft believes you own emails stored in the cloud, and that they have the same privacy protection as paper letters sent by mail"
Clarification: Microsoft now believes this (or claims to). They had no problem handing PRISM the keys to the kingdom while it was still secret.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-c...
- spectre256 12y agoWhile it's understandable to feel down about the fact that Microsoft used to feel it was ok to hand over emails, there's a more positive way to look at it: this article is strong evidence that the public opinion regarding online privacy has changed such that, were Microsoft to give up these emails, it's own business would suffer negatively. It's not a signal of the end of our battle for privacy, but it's something.