Microsoft corporation confessed it was wiretapping conversations of its users, as Vice reported.
“Microsoft has updated its privacy policy and other online pages to explicitly state that human employees or contractors may listen to recordings captured by the company's Cortana and Skype Translator products,” the message reads.
Besides, Vice reported that Microsoft was hiring people to wiretap private dialogues of the users. The representatives of the company explained it by “exploring the content” to improve the work of the servers.
As it was reported, Facebook was recruiting hundreds of contractors and paid them for decrypting audio of the users.