Report: NSA Has Access to Skype, SkyDrive; MSFT Responds

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NSA documents show that Microsoft is working closely with the security agency.

On Thursday The Guardian said that it has received documents showing that Microsoft is collaborating closely with U.S. intelligence services, including the National Security Agency (NSA), as part of the top-secret Prism program. The report specifically talks about the NSA and how Microsoft provided help to circumvent its own encryption.

According to the report, Microsoft provided help to the NSA so that the government agency can intercept web chats on the new Outlook.com portal – the agency already had access to email on Outlook.com and the former Hotmail service. Microsoft also made it easier for the NSA to access SkyDrive which currently has over 250 million users worldwide.

Report: NSA Has Access to Skype, SkyDrive; MSFT Responds