Brad Smith, president at Microsoft Corp, recounted how a Trump adviser questioned the company’s stand against spying on its users on behalf of the US government in his new book, Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age. Photo: Reuters Brad Smith, president at Microsoft Corp, recounted how a Trump adviser questioned the company’s stand against spying on its users on behalf of the US government in his new book, Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age. Photo: Reuters
Brad Smith, president at Microsoft Corp, recounted how a Trump adviser questioned the company’s stand against spying on its users on behalf of the US government in his new book, Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age. Photo: Reuters
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Trump adviser asked Microsoft why it wouldn’t spy for the US, company president reveals in new book

  • The inquiry showed that the US continues to have its own issues with surveillance and cybersecurity

Topic |   Microsoft
Iris Deng
Iris Deng

Updated: 9:57pm, 12 Sep, 2019

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Brad Smith, president at Microsoft Corp, recounted how a Trump adviser questioned the company’s stand against spying on its users on behalf of the US government in his new book, Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age. Photo: Reuters Brad Smith, president at Microsoft Corp, recounted how a Trump adviser questioned the company’s stand against spying on its users on behalf of the US government in his new book, Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age. Photo: Reuters
Brad Smith, president at Microsoft Corp, recounted how a Trump adviser questioned the company’s stand against spying on its users on behalf of the US government in his new book, Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age. Photo: Reuters
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