Tue 16 Jul 2013
Microsoft helped the NSA bypass encryption, new Snowden leak reveals
Posted by Prakash under General
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According to an article published on Thursday by the British newspaper, internal National Security Agency memos show that Microsoft actually helped the federal government find a way to decrypt messages sent over select platforms, including Outlook.com Web chat, Hotmail email service, and Skype.
The Guardian wrote that Snowden, the 30-year-old former systems administrator for NSA contractor Booz Allen Hamilton, provided the paper with files detailing a sophisticated relationship between America’s intelligence sector and Silicon Valley.
Read More:Â http://rt.com/usa/microsoft-nsa-snowden-leak-971/