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Microsoft Admits FBI Spying on Users Using Secretive National Security Letters

HeadlineMar 26, 2013

Microsoft has admitted the FBI is using secretive National Security Letters to spy on its customers without obtaining a warrant. The news follows a similar announcement by Google earlier this month, which marked the first time a U.S. company has admitted receiving the secretive requests for user data. The letters come with a gag order that bars the recipient from talking about them. Earlier this month, a federal judge ordered the government to stop issuing the letters, ruling they are unconstitutional and giving the Obama administration 90 days to appeal.

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