Microsoft Says: Come Back with a Warrant, Unless You’re Microsoft | Electronic Frontier Foundation

Final paragraph of a critical assessment; tbd if Google will avail itself of the opportunity to highlight Microsoft's "Scroogled" hypocrisy. For another perspective, see Yahoo, Google and Apple also claim right to read user emails (The Guardian)

"The search in the Kibkalo case may have revealed criminal activity, but it was also conducted in Microsoft’s self-interest, which is an exceedingly dangerous precedent. Combined with the kangaroo court potential of the company’s new internal Warrants for Windows policy, Microsoft is playing with fire. It should have followed its own advice and asked the FBI to step in with a warrant."

Microsoft Says: Come Back with a Warrant, Unless You’re Microsoft | Electronic Frontier Foundation