Microsoft joins move to encrypt Web traffic

 

Microsoft is joining the movement to encrypt traffic that flows across its networks, citing "serious concerns" about government surveillance. 

The move by Microsoft follows similar actions by Google and Yahoo in the wake of revelations of vast online surveillance programs led by the US National Security Agency. 

"Like many others, we are especially alarmed by recent allegations in the press of a broader and concerted effort by some governments to circumvent online security .. 

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