Microsoft Denies HTTPS Shutdown Was Intentional 69
jbrodkin writes "Microsoft acknowledged that Hotmail's HTTPS encryption service was shut off for users in some countries, but denied that it was because of an intentional ploy to limit email security in countries that have experienced anti-government protests and limits on freedom of expression. 'We do not intentionally limit support by region or geography and this issue was not restricted to any specific region of the world,' Microsoft said. Syria, Morocco, Bahrain, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan and Algeria were among the affected countries, but the problem is now resolved."
Yep (Score:5, Insightful)
There were people who RTFA and sources (unlike the /. editor who accepted it) the first time around who posted this information in the comments section. There never should have been a story in the first place.
Re:Wow. what a coincidence. (Score:4, Insightful)
1) HTTPS gets turned off for a few hours in most of Northern Africa and the Middle East, and a few pacific islands
2) Several countries in the Middle East are experiencing unrest, therefore
3) IT MUST BE INTENTIONAL!!11
Re:Wow. what a coincidence. (Score:4, Insightful)
1) HTTPS gets turned off for a few hours in most of Northern Africa and the Middle East, and a few pacific islands 2) Several countries in the Middle East are experiencing unrest, therefore 3) IT MUST BE INTENTIONAL!!11
Not to take away from your argument (I agree that Hanlon's Razor applies here) but the South Pacific island nation mentioned in the Register story is Fiji, which is currently ruled military junta that regularly practices censorship and suppresses both free speech and fair journalism. Of all the nations mentioned, the only one that I saw that doesn't have a government that's anti-free-press is the Bahamas. (Congo might count, but only because it doesn't really have a functioning government.)