http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/02/microsoft-cryptome/ By Ryan Singel Threat Level Wired.com February 24, 2010 Microsoft has managed to do what a roomful of secretive, three-letter government agencies have wanted to do for years: get the whistleblowing, government-document sharing site Cryptome shut down. Microsoft dropped a DMCA notice alleging copyright infringement on Cryptome’s proprietor John Young on Tuesday after he posted a Microsoft surveillance compliance document that the company gives to law enforcement agents seeking information on Microsoft users. Young filed a counterclaim on Wednesday - arguing he had a fair use to publishing the document, a full day before the Thursday deadline set by his hosting provider, Network Solutions. Regardless, Cryptome [1] was shut down by Network Solutions and its domain name locked on Wednesday - shuttering a site that thumbed its nose at the government since 1996 - posting thousands of documents that the feds would prefer never saw the light of day. Microsoft did not return a call for comment by press time. The 22-page document [2] (.pdf) contains no trade secrets, but will tell Microsoft users things they didn’t know. (You can read it directly on your own computer from the above link, or read it inline below.) [1] http://cryptome.org/ [2] http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2010/02/microsoft-online-services-global-criminal-compliance-handbook.pdf [...] ___________________________________________________________ Register now for HITBSecConf2010 - Dubai, the premier deep-knowledge network security event in the GCC, featuring keynote speakers John Viega and Matt Watchinski! http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2010dxb/Received on Wed Feb 24 2010 - 22:56:32 PST
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