Microsoft defends consumers- defends against FBI's request for customer information

[Agoat]

[quote]When [URL="http://www.engadget.com/2013/12/05/microsoft-government-snooping-protections/"]Microsoft said last year[/URL] that it's committed to protecting its customers from government data requests, it wasn't messing around. Microsoft general counsel and executive VP Brad Smith recently revealed that the software giant successfully challenged an FBI National Security Letter that tried to seek basic information from one of its enterprise customers. The letter apparently had a nondisclosure provision that would've prevented Microsoft from telling the customer in question about the request. Microsoft challenged that provision in Seattle's Federal Court, stating that it was "unlawful and violated our Constitutional right to free expression," and wouldn't you know it, the FBI withdrew the letter. Smith said in a blog post that such requests are rare, but it's still good to know the Redmond company is continuing to do what it can to be [URL="http://www.engadget.com/2014/02/03/transparency-reports-now-cover-user-content-requests/"]transparent about such things[/URL] -- even [URL="http://www.engadget.com/2014/03/19/nsa-claims-tech-firms-know-of-data-collection/"]if it knew about them[/URL] all along.[/quote]

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[Leon]

right fight the power!!

so that's why there's NSA back doors in windows operating systems instead!!!
yea no they don't give a single fuck about us and this is just for show

[Agoat]

[QUOTE=Leon;44886593]yea no they don't give a single fuck about us and this is just for show[/QUOTE]
Who fucking cares? The end result is the same.

[deltasquid]

Microsoft protects consumers, except when they actually sell products. Besides, the FBI might legit need this information to bust criminals.

[inaba]

[QUOTE=Leon;44886593]right fight the power!!

so that's why there's NSA back doors in windows operating systems instead!!!
yea no they don't give a single fuck about us and this is just for show[/QUOTE]

I don't think there's anything they could do that wouldn't just make it less convinient for the NSA
Even without those backdoors there would be a myriad of ways for them to get whatever data they wanted