Revealed: how Microsoft handed the NSA access to encrypted messages
Found on The Guardian on Thursday, 11 July 2013
Microsoft helped the NSA to circumvent its encryption to address concerns that the agency would be unable to intercept web chats on the new Outlook.com portal
The agency already had pre-encryption stage access to email on Outlook.com, including Hotmail
The company worked with the FBI this year to allow the NSA easier access via Prism to its cloud storage service SkyDrive, which now has more than 250 million users worldwide
Remember this next time someone tells you that closed source and centralized systems are more secure. MS is working hand in hand with the NSA to provide them with the best support and easy access. This also explains why the Xbox One has a camera and was planned to be always online.