Microsoft CEO says encryption backdoors are a ‘terrible idea’ https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/13/21064267/microsoft-encryption-backdoor-apple-ceo-nadella-pensacola-privacy
Microsoft Outsourced Skype, Cortana Voice Analysis to China With Virtually No Security in Place: Report https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-outsourced-skype-cortana-voice-analysis-to-c-1840935163
Skype audio graded by workers in China with ‘no security measures’ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/10/skype-audio-graded-by-workers-in-china-with-no-security-measures
IT exec sets up fake biz, uses it to bill his bosses $6m for phantom gear, gets caught by Microsoft Word metadata https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/01/04/tech_manager_theft/
A bug in Microsoft’s login system put users at risk of account hijacks https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/02/microsoft-login-flaw-account-hijack/
An anonymous Microsoft engineer appears to have written a chilling account of how Big Oil might use tech to track its workers’ every move https://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-engineer-says-big-oil-surveilling-oil-workers-using-tech-2019-11
Edge vs. Chrome: Microsoft’s Tracking Prevention hits Google the hardest https://www.zdnet.com/article/with-its-new-edge-browser-microsoft-takes-dead-aim-at-google/
Microsoft to probe work of Israeli facial recognition startup it funded https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-anyvision/microsoft-to-probe-work-of-israeli-facial-recognition-startup-it-funded-idUSKBN1XQ03M
Microsoft Taps Eric Holder to Audit AnyVision Over Concerns of Face Recognition Surveillance https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-taps-eric-holder-to-audit-anyvision-over-conc-1839901828
What Does Big Tech Know About You? Basically Everything https://www.pcmag.com/news/366327/what-does-big-tech-know-about-you-basically-everything
Why did Microsoft fund an Israeli firm that surveils West Bank Palestinians? https://www.nbcnews.com/news/all/why-did-microsoft-fund-israeli-firm-surveils-west-bank-palestinians-n1072116
Teens say parents share too much about them online – Microsoft study https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2019/10/09/teens-say-parents-share-too-much-about-them-online-microsoft-study/
Microsoft President: Democracy Is At Stake. Regulate Big Tech https://www.npr.org/2019/09/13/760478177/microsoft-president-democracy-is-at-stake-regulate-big-tech
Microsoft’s LinkedIn loses appeal over access to user profiles https://www.reuters.com/article/us-microsoft-linkedin-profiles/microsofts-linkedin-loses-appeal-over-access-to-user-profiles-idUSKCN1VU21W
Dutch regulator sees potential privacy breach in Microsoft Windows https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-microsoft-privacy/dutch-regulator-sees-potential-privacy-breach-in-microsoft-windows-idUKKCN1VH195