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Microsoft to encrypt services, notify customers of gov't data requests |
December 05, 2013
Microsoft moved to reassure business and government customers worldwide that it is committed to informing them of legal orders related to their data, and will fight in court any ‘gag order’ that prevents it from sharing such information with customers.The company also plans to encrypt customers’ information moving between its data centers, with plans to complete the project by the end of 2014.The Redmond, Washington, software and Internet services company is responding to concerns in the U.S. and other countries about government surveillance, particularly after revelations by former U.S. National Security Agency contractor, Edward Snowden, that the agency is engaged in dragnet surveillance of email, phone records, and mobile location data of people in the U.S and abroad.The NSA also taps into communications links between Google and Yahoo’s data centers worldwide, according to a report. Both Google and Yahoo have announced that they are strengthening encryption on their services. Yahoo said last month it will encrypt all information that moves between its data centers by the end of the first quarter of next year. It announced earlier that it would roll out SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption with a 2048-bit key across its network by Jan. 8.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2069340/microsoft-to-encrypt-services-notify-customers-of-govt-data-requests.html#tk.rss_all
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