U.S. Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms
Found on Bloomberg on Friday, 14 June 2013
Thousands of technology, finance and manufacturing companies are working closely with U.S. national security agencies, providing sensitive information and in return receiving benefits that include access to classified intelligence, four people familiar with the process said.
Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), the world’s largest software company, provides intelligence agencies with information about bugs in its popular software before it publicly releases a fix, according to two people familiar with the process.
Knowing that it's not much of a surprise that Microsoft is not lobbying with all its power to fight the piracy of their products in China.