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from: Ed Vance
date: 2011-07-04 14:46:00
subject: MS patent.. to allow spyi

AA>Microsoft Files Patent For Software That Allows The Government To Spy on All
AA>Personal Digital Communications

AA>  Posted by Alexander Higgins - June 27, 2011 at 6:52 pm - Permalink - Sourc
AA>via Alexander Higgins Blog

AA>"A patent filed by Microsoft reveals the company has voluntarily created
AA>software that provides the Government and other agencies seeking to spy on y
AA>with the ability to easily intercept, re-route and record all forms of perso
AA>digital communications, including Skype calls which are directly named in th
AA>patent."


AA>http://blog.alexanderhiggins.com/2011/06/27/microsoft-files-patent-software-
AA>rnment-py-digital-communications-31641/

AA>-or-

AA>http://tinyurl.com/66mq7s2

August,

I read about that a day or two ago, I think it was on Techweb or
Information Week, can't remember.

There was a comment on the web page I read about it that Microsoft only
'Filed' for a Patent.

A 'Patent' hasn't been given to them yet.


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