How Microsoft Made Outlook.com Web Chats Available to NSA
More leaks from Edward Snowden's stolen files reveal just how cooperative Silicon Valley companies have been with the National Security Agency, which is putting firms participating in the government's Prism program in an increasingly uncomfortable and defensive position. Let's take Microsoft, which coincidentally announced a major reorg today designed to make the software firm more competitive and nimble. The Guardian newspaper reveals that Microsoft helped the NSA navigate around its encryption so web chats on the Outlook.com system can be intercepted for Prism.
More leaks from Edward Snowden‘s stolen files reveal just how cooperative Silicon Valley companies have been with the National Security Agency, which is putting firms participating in the government’s Prism program in an increasingly uncomfortable and defensive position.
Let’s take Microsoft, which coincidentally announced a major reorg today designed to make the software firm more competitive and nimble. The Guardian newspaper reveals that Microsoft helped the NSA navigate around its encryption so web chats on the Outlook.com
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