[tzahola]

Really? So Microsoft just provides name resolution, and the data goes peer-to-peer?

Or maybe this “connection” is actually going through your servers and we have to take your word for not peeking inside the packets?

[Arcsech]

Seems pretty easy to verify where the traffic is going with Wireshark once it comes out. Given how easy it would be for anyone to check that (especially in a product targeted at developers, who are likely to know how to use network diagnostic tools), it seems rather pointless to lie about where the traffic goes.