Can we trust Microsoft anymore?

[sales2099]

RicardJulianti said:

sales2099 said:

Ok. Can we at least grasp that the government is on trial here, not MS? Because if the federal government demands information to any american company/subsidiary, they would have to comply. MS getting fingered out is just wrong.

But yes, that is my stance. My rights? My life is no different then when I didn't know about this. Why should I care if I have nothing to hide? I am a 100% believer in the greater good.

Theres a lot of self entitlement going on here and many people here take the country they live in, and the relative safety of their day-to-day lives, for serious granted. Keep preaching, and well see what you say if god forbid your local subway station gets blown up.

Okay....I have to ask, did you read the article? More specifically this source link? http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/11/microsoft-nsa-collaboration-user-data

Microsoft claims they only provide information when mandated by law and only regarding certain accounts and identifiers. Yet....they work with the NSA to provide them access to Outlook emails before they are encrypted. That's not a specific target, that's system-wide. The amount of Skype calls collected by the NSA tripled after Microsoft bought them.....that has nothing to do with certain accounts or identifiers. Why would it triple simply because Microsoft bought Skype? Providing the tools to circumvent encryption....in any form....does not stay specific to certain accounts. It's the equivalent of giving them a master key, but telling them they can only go through this one specific door....the chances of them not opening another door are slim.

I don't have anything to hide either, but that doesn't mean I don't have a Constitutional right to privacy. If we start ignoring the Constitution...we are fucked.

That's all well and fine rationale there, but that ultimately doesn't change my mind that theres a lot of great games that I want to play on X1.

Are PC gamers supposed to swear off PC gaming because their computers run Windows or their PC has a built in camera? All I am saying is that for us gamers, this stuff "should" take a back seat to the games we want to play.