[HN Gopher] Tell HN: Longest way I've seen of writing "yes"
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       Tell HN: Longest way I've seen of writing "yes"
        
       https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows-365/faq   _Can Microsoft
       access my data since it 's hosted with them?_  "We hold a very high
       standard for privacy and believe that privacy is a fundamental
       human right, which serves as the foundation for how we address
       privacy in our products. Another core principle we hold is that our
       customers are in control of their data. This isn't simply something
       we say in our corporate privacy statement. It's something all our
       teams live by. In our agreements, Microsoft states that we can do
       only two things with customer content: provide services requested
       by the customer and comply with legal obligations. No other access
       or use of a customer's content is permitted. Microsoft uses
       diagnostic data to keep Windows 365 (and Microsoft 365) secure and
       up to date; detect, diagnose, and fix problems; and make product
       improvements. However, this diagnostic data doesn't include the
       user's name or email address or the content of their apps and
       files."
        
       Author : version_five
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2022-09-23 21:11 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
       | smoldesu wrote:
       | Would you prefer they lie to you? Not even Apple is dumb enough
       | to claim they don't have access to your iCloud data.
        
         | dcminter wrote:
         | While their answer is true, it would have been more honest to
         | start "Yes. However..." instead of trying to camouflage it.
        
           | smoldesu wrote:
           | It's also honest to start with "We hold a very high standard
           | for privacy". Maybe they don't care about it very much, but
           | Microsoft is held to the same data privacy standards as every
           | other company in their vein. They comply with the same ISO
           | standards and go through the same audits - they are "secure"
           | in the baseline modern definition.
           | 
           | Mostly though, I don't understand why _Hacker News_ of all
           | places is angry about this. How can you be surprised when
           | people have access to the data you give them?
        
             | dcminter wrote:
             | I'm not remotely surprised, and their response is par for
             | the course in all megacorps that have forgotten how to give
             | a straight answer to an uncomfortable question, but it's
             | still not honest. Just true.
        
       | scombridae wrote:
       | I agree with the other poster. Far better to leave it out of the
       | faq. Those who care about privacy don't have adjust their summer
       | reading list. Those who don't care, don't care.
        
       | kleer001 wrote:
       | Yea, it's 100% cya. Is that really surprising?
        
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