Microsoft: We Won’t Help the Government Hack Our Users

Microsoft is one of the companies that brought the US government to court for data request order which it claimed it violated the law, and now the software giant is reiterating its support for protecting users by saying that it doesn’t plan to collaborate with authorities on hacking customers.

Microsoft President and Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith said in a recent interview that the Redmond-based company is fully committed to working with governments on providing user information when they are legally compelled to, but other than that, there’s no intention on revealing customer data as part of any other programs.

“Law enforcement needs information, sometimes it needs it very quickly to save lives. When we get those kinds of requests, or warrants, and when they are lawful, we act quickly. We can do so in a matter of minutes. But when governments go too far, we will say no,” Brad Smith was