Re:Snowden Document Search
by mcintyre1994 on Friday June 12, 2015 @07:11AM
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> This success is the result of the FBI working for many months with Microsoft to get this tasking and collection solution established.
And there's the direct link to complicity in PRISM - is that new?
They worked with the FBI not the NSA. Plausible denial and all that.
They can help implement PRISM for the government without being told what PRISM is. When asked if they are participating in PRISM, they can deny knowledge of it existing. Because it's technically true.
Re:Snowden Document Search
by josefresco on Friday June 12, 2015 @07:48AM
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"They claim ignorance to NSA data tapping"
They did? Interested in the link/reference if you have it.
Re:Snowden Document Search
by mcintyre1994 on Friday June 12, 2015 @08:35AM
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http://news.microsoft.com/2013/07/11/statement-from-microsof...
>our compliance team examines all demands very closely
> To be clear, Microsoft does not provide any government with blanket or direct access to SkyDrive, Outlook.com, Skype or any Microsoft product.
Not hugely direct but seems to be contradicted by the document.
It's not at all contradicted by the document. The document references Section 702 of the FISA Amendment Act, and the Stored Communications Act. Section 702 allows targeted access to non-U.S. persons and Section 2703 of the Stored Communications Act allows the government to compel disclosure of stored communications with a warrant, or notice to the customer plus a subpoena or court order. 18 U.S.C. 2703(b)(1).
Nothing about the document suggests blanket or direct access.
Re:Snowden Document Search
by josefresco on Friday June 12, 2015 @08:43AM
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Wording is probably important: "blanket or direct access" Seems it would lack foresight if MS denied something that they new would be uncovered in the leaked documents.
And there it is. They claim ignorance to NSA data tapping of their servers but are in fact entirely complicit as we suspected.