Microsoft pushes Eric Holder to lift block on public information sharing

[steve2470]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jul/16/microsoft-eric-holder-permission-information-national-security

Microsoft has written to the US attorney general, Eric Holder, calling on him to "personally take action" to permit the software giant and others to share more information about the way they handle national security requests for customer data.

The move comes after the Guardian published details of the extent of the co-operation between Microsoft and the National Security Agency (NSA), revealed in documents obtained by whistleblower Edward Snowden.

"We believe the US constitution guarantees our freedom to share more information with the public, yet the government is stopping us," Microsoft said in a blogpost. "For example, government lawyers have yet to respond to the petition we filed in court on June 19, seeking permission to publish the volume of national security requests we have received. We hope the attorney general can step in to change this situation."

Microsoft claimed there were "significant inaccuracies in the interpretations of leaked government documents reported in the media last week." It said: "We have asked the government again for permission to discuss the issues raised by these new documents, and our request was denied by government lawyers."

[Abster123]

1. Sorry Microsoft...

This kind of thing is exactly why I'm taking a serious look at this new Cloudlocker device I've been hearing about. Does anyone have one?

They're claiming it's like having your own personal cloud, right in your home or office. Sounds like a pretty tall order, but if it works...at least digital files could be protected. If anyone has one, I'd be interested to hear what you think of it.