Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): Did Skype Allow the NSA to Snoop Calls?

At the time Microsoft denied it, but some rumors were reportedly confirmed later that Skype had indeed installed some monitoring infrastructure in its voice and chat services as far back as 2011, just before the Microsoft deal was announced. And the denial was shown to be not credible when a test of chat messages using newly created links had triggered initial website visits from a server that was known to be owned by Microsoft.

Yeah, this does not look good for Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). What are your thoughts? Is it the surveillance that bothers you, more, or is it the rhetorical gymnastics that Microsoft is going through to try to deny its deep involvement? It is the universal question – is it the act, or the cover-up, that is ultimately worse? Give us your feedback int he comments section below.

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