Microsoft
Microsoft joins with Apple in calling for a US-wide data protection law
Neither of the companies heavily rely on user data for their business model.
Microsoft announces new Xbox content moderation tools to police “hate speech, bigotry and misogyny”
Microsoft is one of the many big tech firms trying to control what you say online.
Is Microsoft Office the next privacy nightmare?
Options and headings that are written confusingly await you when you use Office.
Microsoft Word will automatically correct your sentences to a woke alternative
Software now wants to correct what you say before you say it.
Microsoft will now police Xbox players’ language. Stick to approved “trash talk” only – or else
Tech companies striving to police language is the new nightmare.
The Microsoft Outlook breach may have been to steal cryptocurrency from users
Outlook users have stated that cryptocurrency was stolen from their accounts during the Microsoft Outlook breach, giving insight into a possible motive of the hackers.
The Washington State privacy bill has failed as Microsoft and Amazon couldn’t agree
The bill will be put forward again in 2020.
Microsoft says it refuses to sell face recognition tech to law enforcement
Apparently, Californian police wanted to run a face scan whenever they pull someone over.
Microsoft’s latest email breach is a good time to switch to end-to-end encrypted email
You shouldn’t use an email service where staff can read your emails.
Silicon Valley lobbyists are pushing back hard against consumer privacy legislation
Big tech wants to weaken privacy laws.
Microsoft’s email breach is worse than was first reported
It’s now been revealed that email content was in fact, readable to hackers – at least in some cases.
Hackers gained access to Microsoft’s email service for 3 months
It was revealed that hackers could see usernames, email addresses, subject lines, and folder names.