Microsoft fights back against NSA 'snooping'

[cprise]

13. Indeed. They're only encrypting to protect themselves

and provide some assurance to government cronies ...and possibly get a PR boost from the public's lack of understanding.

Read this:

Instead, according to Smith, “transparency” means “building on our long-standing program that provides government customers with an appropriate ability to review our source code, reassure themselves of its integrity, and confirm there are no back doors.”

https://slashdot.org/topic/cloud/microsofts-nsa-transparency-push-remains-pretty-opaque/