Microsoft Allowed To Sue US Government Over Email Surveillance (bloomberg.com)

A judge has ruled that Microsoft is allowed to sue the U.S. government over a policy that prevents the tech company from telling its users when their emails are being intercepted. From a report on Bloomberg: The judge said Microsoft has at least made a plausible argument that federal law muzzles its right to speak about government investigations, while not ruling on the merits of the case. "The public debate has intensified as people increasingly store their information in the cloud and on devices with significant storage capacity," U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle said in Thursday's ruling. "Government surveillance aided by service providers creates unique considerations because of the vast amount of data service providers have about their customers."

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Re:Fyi - the actual law that Robart ruled on in Tr

[mmell]

And the Judicial Branch may override such acts. That's why our government is divided into three distinct branches, each with clearly enumerated powers and each charged with the responsibility of controlling excesses from the other two.

This isn't difficult to understand - it used to be taught to every schoolchild under the subject heading "Civics".

Re:look, it's simple.

[CaptainDork]

Not disagreeing with you, but your last statement says it.

Edward Snowden is not relevant to anything at all.

Neither is empathy for clients.

It's just money.

But, both the "think of the children" approach and the profit motive are, as you say, coincident.

Microsoft doesn't really give a shit about the children.