Zerosecurity
  • Home
  • Security
    • Exploits
    • Mobile Security
  • Malware
  • Data Breaches
  • Crypto
  • Privacy
  • Downloads
    • Malwarebytes
    • Exploits
    • Paper Downloads
    • Software & Service Reviews
No Result
View All Result
SUBSCRIBE
Zerosecurity
  • Home
  • Security
    • Exploits
    • Mobile Security
  • Malware
  • Data Breaches
  • Crypto
  • Privacy
  • Downloads
    • Malwarebytes
    • Exploits
    • Paper Downloads
    • Software & Service Reviews
No Result
View All Result
Zerosecurity
No Result
View All Result
Home Privacy

Microsoft handed over encrypted messages Skype calls access to NSA

Paul Anderson by Paul Anderson
July 20, 2013 - Updated on August 3, 2013
in Privacy, Public, Technology News
0
20130711skypelistening
74
SHARES
1.2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Edward Snowden has issued new top secret documents demonstrating the intense collaboration between Microsoft and US government, in particular the whistleblower revealed the support received by theNSA that obtained by the company the access to encrypted messages into its products. Microsoft designed specifically backdoor into Outlook.com, Skype, and SkyDrive to allow government agency to spy on online communications.

Key Findings revealed by the  documents that have been made public by The Guardian are:

You might also like

GIFs in messaging apps are tracking you

Google Chrome exposes user extensions to fingerprinting

Chrome Browser Extension Vytal Prevents Privacy Leaks

  • Microsoft helped the NSA to circumvent its encryption to address concerns that the agency would be unable to intercept web chats on the new Outlook.com portal;
  • The agency already had pre-encryption stage access to email on Outlook.com, including Hotmail;
  • The company worked with the FBI this year to allow the NSA easier access via Prism to its cloud storage service SkyDrive, which now has more than 250 million users worldwide;
  • Microsoft also worked with the FBI’s Data Intercept Unit to “understand” potential issues with a feature in Outlook.com that allows users to create email aliases;
  • Skype, which was bought by Microsoft in October 2011, worked with intelligence agencies last year to allow Prism to collect video of conversations as well as audio;
  • Material collected through Prism is routinely shared with the FBI and CIA, with one NSA document describing the program as a “team sport”.

Microsoft has always remarked its interest in user’s privacy and highlighting the featured designed in its products for wiretapping communications.

“Your privacy is our priority.”  was the slogan used during the last marketing campaign by Microsoft.

Immediate the reply of Microsoft that defended its operating sustaining that the company provided support limited to orders related to specific accounts:

“only ever complies with orders about specific accounts or identifiers, and we would not respond to the kind of blanket orders discussed in the press over the past few weeks…”

“To be clear, Microsoft does not provide any government with blanket access to SkyDrive, Outlook.com, Skype or any Microsoft product,” the company said in a statement to ABC News. “We have clear principles which guide the response across our entire company to government demands for customer information for both law enforcement and national security issues. First, we take our commitments to our customers and to compliance with applicable law very seriously, so we provide customer data only in response to legal processes.”

Cross-posted from Securityaffairs.co
Tags: governmentmicrosoftNSAPRISMprivacyskypeUSA
Share30Tweet19
Paul Anderson

Paul Anderson

Editor and chief at ZeroSecurity. Expertise includes programming, malware analysis, and penetration testing. If you would like to write for ZeroSecurity, please click "Contact us" at the top of the page.

Recommended For You

GIFs in messaging apps are tracking you

by Christi Rogalski
July 19, 2022
0
GIFs in messaging apps are tracking you

Today, the dynamic moving image, GIF sent to a friend or colleague, perfectly expresses our emotions and lightens the mood of the receiver(s). However, several concerns have been...

Read more

Google Chrome exposes user extensions to fingerprinting

by Kyle
July 1, 2022
0
Google Chrome Extension fingerprinting source

Security researcher, z0ccc, has released a new tool that proves that Google Chrome extensions can be fingerprinted which allows tracking of its users online. Tracking users online is...

Read more

Chrome Browser Extension Vytal Prevents Privacy Leaks

by Christi Rogalski
June 19, 2022 - Updated on June 20, 2022
0
Vytal Chrome Extension spoofs location data

Released in 2008, Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser. With over 3.2 billion internet users worldwide, there's no denying that Chrome is the most popular browser today....

Read more

Are Bluetooth signals being used to track smartphones?

by Christi Rogalski
June 17, 2022
0
Bluetooth research leads to tracking

Can Bluetooth signals be used to track smartphones? Many people would say "No" to this question. However, a team of engineers at the University of California San Diego...

Read more

How Apple Stopped $1.5 billion Worth of Fraudulent Transactions in 2021

by Christi Rogalski
June 8, 2022
0
Apple app store security fraud

Apple has recently released statistics on the number of fraudulent and untrustworthy transactions that have passed through the Apple App Store in 2021. In combination, they have stopped...

Read more
Next Post
Russian Sites on Strike for Anti-Privacy Law

Russian Sites on Strike for Anti-Privacy Law

Related News

NSA intercepting U.S. Routers

NSA intercepting U.S. Routers

June 6, 2014 - Updated on March 17, 2023
Netwire RAT seized by FBI and other worldwide police agencies

Netwire RAT seized by FBI and other worldwide police agencies

March 16, 2023
The Emotet botnet returns and is sending a slew of malicious emails

The Emotet botnet returns and is sending a slew of malicious emails

March 14, 2023
Zerosecurity

We cover the latest in Information Security & Blockchain news, as well as threat trends targeting both sectors.

Categories

  • Crypto
  • Data Breaches
  • DotNet Framework
  • Downloads
  • Exploits
  • Exploits
  • Information
  • Legal
  • Malware
  • Malware Analysis
  • Mobile Security
  • Paper Downloads
  • Piracy
  • Privacy
  • Programming
  • Public
  • Security
  • Security
  • Software & Service Reviews
  • Technology News
  • Tools
  • Tutorials
  • Video Tutorials
  • Whitepapers
  • Zero Security
  • Contact Us
  • List of our Writers

© 2022 ZeroSecurity, All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Security
  • Exploits
  • Data Breaches
  • Malware
  • Privacy
  • Mobile Security
  • Tools
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy

© 2022 ZeroSecurity, All Rights Reserved.