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posted by janrinok on Wednesday March 28 2018, @09:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the they-are-listening dept.

Microsoft, which purchased Skype in 2011, will soon increase its monitoring of Skype and other services. Starting May 1st they will further examine ostensibly private communicatiosn for 'offensive language' and 'inappropriate content' for the purpose of blocking. The changes are rolled out as part of a new terms of service advisory for the company's many services.

Microsoft will ban 'offensive language' and 'inappropriate content' from Skype, Xbox, Office and other services on May 1, claiming it has the right to go through your private data to 'investigate.'

From IDG's CSO : Microsoft to ban 'offensive language' from Skype, Xbox, Office and other services.


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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by fritsd on Thursday March 29 2018, @03:51PM

    by fritsd (4586) on Thursday March 29 2018, @03:51PM (#660017) Journal

    "ficken" means "the pants pocket" in Swedish, I think.

    And fornicating in German.

    So just surround it with some more innocent Swedish words!

    "kiss" = piss
    "slut" = the end
    "sex" = six

    I'm too tired now to make a coherent sentence with these, tyvärr.

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