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Microsoft Will Leave Email Snooping Up to the Authorities Now

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After last week’s uproar over Microsoft’s 2012 snooping in a blogger’s Hotmail account, the company says it will no longer perform its own email snooping in criminal cases. In an official blog post today, Microsoft Executive Vice President Brad Smith said that, effective immediately, when investigations occur, “we will not inspect a customer’s private content ourselves. Instead, we will refer the matter to law enforcement if further action is required.” Which sounds like what should’ve been protocol in the first place.

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