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		LeoNatan25 on Sept 11, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Under iOS 11, authorities won’t be able to image y... All other tech giants today make money from advertisement and /or “big” data, which are inherently anti-privacy. This is why Microsoft has done 180° on privacy and has filled their first part apps with ads.

bobsil1 on Sept 11, 2017 [–]

MS was always in bed with the feds, e.g. Skype and crypto backdoors.

LeoNatan25 on Sept 11, 2017 | [–]

Historically, Microsoft has made a lot of money from government institutions being locked-in to their software, so that makes perfect sense.

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