Microsoft backs down over online 'spy guide'

Courtesy guardian.co.uk Technology  Thu, 02/25/2010 - 15:31

Software company had forced closure of Cryptome website for publishing guide that explains how to access millions of pieces of private data

Microsoft has been forced to backtrack after it closed down a whistleblowing website after it published a leaked version of the company's "spy guide".

The American software giant took action on Wednesday against the Cryptome website - which has been running since 1996 - for publishing a copy of the Microsoft Global Criminal Compliance Handbook,...


 

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