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by BrandonLive 3514 days ago
I think you missed the key points: 1) Skype allegedly did this before MS acquired them. 2) MS never shares any private user data without a legal court order compelling them to. 3) Everything here applied to Apple, Google, and others.

This is also a very old article, and leaves out the fact that since then MS has been shown to be a defender of user privacy and government transparency.