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What does your client connection is encrypted mean?
Encryption is simply the process of encoding data so that only those with authorized access can read it. In essence, the server is verifying its identity to your computer, so that you know that recipient of your encrypted credit card data is legitimate, and not an impostor.
Why does end to end encryption pose a problem to law enforcement agencies?
Encryption can assist in serious harms by hiding or exacerbating criminal activities, including online child sexual abuse. A drift towards E2EE by major social media platforms will make investigations into serious online child sexual abuse significantly more difficult.
How does Microsoft respond to government data requests?
Microsoft’s compliance team reviews government demands for customer data to ensure the requests are valid, rejects those that are not valid, and only provides the data specified in the legal order. Q: Is rejecting a request the only way Microsoft resists government requests?
Do you give the government access to your data?
Put together, all of this adds up to the following across all of our software and services: Microsoft does not provide any government with direct and unfettered access to our customer’s data. Microsoft only pulls and then provides the specific data mandated by the relevant legal demand.
What is the purpose of encryption at rest?
The purpose of encryption at rest. Encryption at rest provides data protection for stored data (at rest). Attacks against data at-rest include attempts to obtain physical access to the hardware on which the data is stored, and then compromise the contained data.
How does the government get your customer data?
If a government wants customer data – including for national security purposes – it needs to follow applicable legal process, meaning it must serve us with a court order for content or subpoena for account information. We only respond to requests for specific accounts and identifiers.