Microsoft is currently suing the Department of Justice (DOJ) in
the wake of the Apple lawsuit against the government. The reason being is
that they want to inform people that they were spied upon by the federal
government. And now some of you are saying "what the hell is this
about?" Well, allow me to explain.
As stated, Microsoft is suing the DOJ due
to them wanting to inform people who were spied upon that they, were, well,
spied upon. Basically when the government gets a warrant to spy on a
Microsoft customers computer, Microsoft will not say no, but instead tell their
customer that "hey, the government is watching". Now is this
bad? Well, yea it is especially if the customer happens to be a
terrorist, an enemy spy, a murderer, or person who deals in sex slaves in
general. As such the person may take steps to get away or to carry out their
plot all that much faster with suitable precautions. Basically, this
surveillance is crucial to the government forming a case to getting a warrant
for arrest against the suspect and ultimately stopping them.
Conclusion: Know I can understand that telling a
person that they were spied on after the case is shut or it no longer poses a
threat to the case as a whole, but the news report I heard
("Outnumbered" on Fox) made it out like Microsoft wants to do this
out right once the warrant has been issued. If so then this is a
dangerous situation that I hope the courts can bring sanity too.
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