Microsoft has been one of many technology companies standing up to the U.S. government in response to unwarranted, rampant data collection. CNET reports that Microsoft’s top lawyer, Brad Smith, spoke on Tuesday morning at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. to reiterate his stance that the unchecked data collection should be put to an end. “I want law enforcement to do its job in an effective way pursuant to the rule of law,” said Smith. “If we can’t get to that world, then law enforcement is going to have a bleak future anyway.” Smith has been leading the charge on this issue for quite some time, arguing that in our increasingly connected world, the collection of private data is only
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