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Latest Snowden Docs Show Microsoft’s Collaboration on NSA Spying

HeadlineJul 12, 2013

The latest documents leaked by Edward Snowden reveal how Microsoft collaborated with U.S. intelligence agencies to facilitate the interception of online communications. The Guardian reports Microsoft worked closely with the National Security Agency, even helping it skirt the company’s own encryption on Outlook.com web chats. The firm reportedly worked with the FBI to facilitate NSA access to its popular cloud storage service SkyDrive. The documents also relate to Skype, the Microsoft-owned Internet phone service. A document from July 2012 shows the NSA bragged that the number of Skype video calls being collected through its top-secret PRISM program had tripled due to a new capability. Microsoft issued a statement in response to the revelations, saying it follows the law and “does not provide any government with blanket or direct access to SkyDrive, Outlook.com, Skype or any Microsoft product.”

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