Microsoft Software Leak Inquiry Raises Privacy Issues - NYTimes.com

Evidently the Microsoft authors of the "Scroogled" campaign weren't consulted

"While Microsoft’s actions appear to have been legal and within the scope of its own policies, its reading of the private online accounts of a customer without a court order was highly unusual and raises questions about its protections for customer data, privacy lawyers say.
“What blogger will use that service now?” said Jennifer Granick, an attorney and director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society."

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