hotmail
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Microsoft Claimed A Security Breach Didn’t Compromise Email Messages — It Did
A series of security reports published over the weekend have raised serious concerns about Microsoft’s transparency in the wake of a recent data breach.
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Microsoft Snooped On A Blogger’s Email To Hunt Down A Windows 8 Leaker
An indictment filed in the US federal court today reveals that Microsoft snooped through a blogger’s Hotmail account trying to plug an internal leak of pre-release Windows 8 software. That sounds like an outrageous violation of privacy because that’s exactly what it is. Microsoft claims they had the legal right under its terms of service.
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Microsoft’s New Terms Of Service Are Easy To Read, But Demand New Permissions
With a new logo, a new operating system and new phones on the way, Microsoft is barrelling into the future. Presumably, that’s why it spruced up its Services Agreement. The new version is remarkably readable, but it also sneaks in new permissions.
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Microsoft Did The Impossible: The New Hotmail Is Fantastic
There’s no need to be kind here: telling people you use Hotmail used to be the internet equivalent of admitting to necrophilia. But after a decade as a punchline, Hotmail just pulled off the biggest victory in the inbox game since Gmail, and it might just get you to switch.