Microsoft Releases New Service
Document Date:
December 26, 2012
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Agency:
Press
Document Type:
Internal NSA Documents/Presentations
Legal Authorities:
FISA Amendments Act, Executive Order 12333
Records Collected:
Internet Metadata, Internet Content, Address Books
After worries that Microsoft's new encryption practices would prevent the NSA from accessing email and chat data, this NSA memo announces a new surveillance capability developed in collaboration with Microsoft to circumvent the new encryptions. With its partnership with Microsoft, the NSA can access emails, text-based chat, and voice/video and file transfers.