Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by qafy 263 days ago
> “We do not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians," he continued. "We have applied this principle in every country around the world, and we have insisted on it repeatedly for more than two decades.”

You sure about that? Azure Government is used almost exclusively by the US Department of Defense...
2 comments
christophilus 263 days ago
Back when I worked at MS, I toured a data center. There was a big cage of servers in the middle of the place. It seemed that every single rack in the data center was wired up to the servers in that cage. “What’s that?” I asked. “Government servers,” said the guide with a knowing wink.

I’d be willing to bet that all US cloud providers have a similar government tie in. So yes, MS absolutely facilitates mass surveillance, in my opinion.

link
firefax 263 days ago
Caspar Bowden is spinning in his grave[1]

[1] rest in power https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspar_Bowden

link