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Planning the Future of Privacy at Microsoft

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the genuine-disadvantage dept.

Tony writes "Peter Cullen, Microsoft's chief privacy strategist, found himself in the front line in the wake of the software giant's recent antipiracy controversy. He talks about his role at the company, and what's in store for the future." From the interview: "Cullen, Microsoft's chief privacy strategist, has been very involved with the issue and readily admits that the software maker dropped the ball on WGA Notifications. The flap puts him on the front line, rather than his usual role behind the scenes. For the most part, Cullen, who joined Microsoft three years ago from the Royal Bank of Canada in Toronto, is happy with his role at the software giant. He works on things such as guidelines for developers and privacy policies."

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  1. Planning.. by doubtless · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought I had read Planning the future of piracy at Microsoft..

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  2. new policy: "don't get caught so easily" by EllynGeek · · Score: 5, Funny

    They have the finest coders in the world, surely they can spy on users and invade their systems without being caught so easily. Why, they look like amateurs when Zone Alarm finks them off on the first try.

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  3. Privacy at Microsoft by rolyatknarf · · Score: 4, Funny

    I feel so safe now - I'm getting all wet and squishy.

  4. Why is it by Alien54 · · Score: 4, Funny
    that the discussion of priovacy and Microsoft in the paracgh, never mind the same sentce, strikes me as some sort of oxymoron?

    It's not like we're going to see, any time soon, Steve Ballmer, or some other sedate Microsoft exec, dancing around the stage, shouting at the top of their lungs

    "Privacy! Privacy! Privacy! Privacy! Privacy! Privacy! Privacy! Privacy! Privacy! Privacy! Privacy! Privacy! Privacy! Privacy! Privacy! Privacy! Privacy! Privacy! "

    but stranger things have happened.

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  5. Privacy... Microsoft? Hah. by Rendo · · Score: 3, Funny

    Come on, Microsoft and privacy DO NOT belong in the same sentence. Just like NSA and phone.

    1. Re:Privacy... Microsoft? Hah. by Xuranova · · Score: 3, Funny

      NSA and phone do belong in the same sentence. They are synomous with each other. MS and privacy are not. I give you a C+ for effort though. :)

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  6. Planning the future of Piracy at Microsoft by Proudrooster · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think a story title, "Planning the future of Piracy at Microsoft" would be far more interesting. Don't we all want to know how many illegal MP3's Ballmer has on his IPOD.

  7. Re:Off topic, but... by Phraghg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because getting a detailed error report for most users is scarier than the fact that an error occured at all. Hence the spinning beachball of doom on Mac OSX :).