Microsoft has announced that it will expand encryption across its services, reinforce legal protections for customers’ data and will also enhance the transparency of its software code. Microsoft’s Transparency Center will offer government customers an increased ability to review its source code, reassure themselves of its integrity and confirm there are no backdoors. The recent chain of scandals over US global snooping has seriously damaged the trust in U.S. Government and top U.-S. Tech companies, that could cost them billions of dollars over the next several years if international clients take business elsewhere.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2014/02/microsoft-launching-transparency-center.html