Microsoft contractors in China listened to Skype recordings with low cybersecurity - Business Insider

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Microsoft contractors in China listened to Skype recordings with woefully bad levels of cybersecurity, report reveals

An anonymous Microsoft contractor who worked out of Beijing for years told the Guardian that he was able to listen to recordings of users with practically "no security measures." The contractor's work involved listening to short audio clips from Skype conversations and instructions given to Cortana to grade them for quality.

"They just give me a login over email and I will then have access to Cortana recordings," he told the Guardian. "I could then hypothetically share this login with anyone." On top of the usual security risks associated with such low cybersecurity, the employee noted that his location in China made the recordings especially vulnerable.Last yearthat Microsoft had employed contractors to listen to clips of recordings from users' Skype conversations and instructions given to Cortana, Microsoft's voice assistant.

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