<story><title>Keeping secrecy the exception, not the rule</title><url>http://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2016/04/14/keeping-secrecy-exception-not-rule-issue-consumers-businesses/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>matt_wulfeck</author><text>This is a great letter from Microsoft Nouveau and I applaud them for taking a stand. It&amp;#x27;s on us as citizens to exercise our rights and bring about change and reform.&lt;p&gt;I think we should also remember those that took a stand early and paid the price, such as former Quest CEO Joseph Nacchio who was run under the bus for not being an  accomplice to the NSA [1].&lt;p&gt;1. &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.rt.com&amp;#x2F;usa&amp;#x2F;qwest-ceo-nsa-jail-604&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.rt.com&amp;#x2F;usa&amp;#x2F;qwest-ceo-nsa-jail-604&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Keeping secrecy the exception, not the rule</title><url>http://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2016/04/14/keeping-secrecy-exception-not-rule-issue-consumers-businesses/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>drtillberg</author><text>If the government can require Microsoft to break the contractual and fiduciary commitments to customers to protect data and report on what happens to it, can the government also require individual employees to break their commitments to their employers?  Agents show up at data warehouse on 1000 Main Street, tell the employees they are prohibited from contacting their bosses, ever.  What is the limiting principle, where does it end?</text></comment>