Microsoft’s privacy measures didn’t foil FBI

Michael Alan Crooker, currently in jail in Connecticut, says he tried to keep the data on his hard drive confidential, but FBI agents probing his alleged gun crimes nonetheless managed to duplicate its contents and turned up various embarrassing sex material. He wants $200,000 from Microsoft for disappointing his expectations that its privacy protections would […]

Michael Alan Crooker, currently in jail in Connecticut, says he tried to keep the data on his hard drive confidential, but FBI agents probing his alleged gun crimes nonetheless managed to duplicate its contents and turned up various embarrassing sex material. He wants $200,000 from Microsoft for disappointing his expectations that its privacy protections would prevent such a thing from happening. (Paul McDougall, “‘Embarrassed’ Gun Suspect Sues Microsoft After FBI Finds Sex Videos On His PC”, InformationWeek, Mar. 2).

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