Microsoft Wants to Patent High-Tech Snoop Software

[TechNews]

 Microsoft has applied for a patent on technology that may let its user secretly intercept Voice over IP communications, amend the content and store it. The application was filed in December 2009 and was recently made public. The technology could allow the monitoring of conversations, voice messages and video conferences over a variety of devices, including smartphones, laptops and gaming devices. This technology may have been developed with an eye to selling it to government agencies.