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Brad Smith, General Counsel & Executive Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs, Microsoft: Protecting customer data from government snooping

If true, these efforts threaten to seriously undermine confidence in the security and privacy of online communications. Indeed, government snooping potentially now constitutes an “advanced persistent threat,” alongside sophisticated malware and cyber attacks.

Via ZDNet: Microsoft: US government is an 'advanced persistent threat'