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by rapnie 2850 days ago
> Note that Microsoft actually DID violate user privacy by reading hosted emails when they thought it would help them catch a leaker.

So does Yahoo/Verizon/Oath (recent HN thread) for commercial reasons (data-harvesting, targeting, ads). Google did this too until 2016, apparently. Note: automated, so probably not literally reading in person..