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caseysoftwaretoday at 3:34 PM1 replyview on HN

Due to Third Party Doctrine, Microsoft doesn't even NEED a "legal order." It's merely a courtesy which they could change at any time.

Based on the sheer number of third parties we're required to use for our day to day lives, that is ridiculous and Third Party Doctrine should be eliminated.

Ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-party_doctrine


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orbital-decaytoday at 3:56 PM

>people who voluntarily give information to third parties

Is it the case with BitLocker? The voluntary part.