Microsoft's 'Legal Interecept' Software Allows Governments to Spy on All Personal Digital Communications

"[P]ersonal computers, server computers, hand-held or laptop devices, multiprocessor systems, microcontroller-based systems, set-top boxes, programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, minicomputers, mainframe computers, personal digital assistants, smartphones, gaming devices, printers, appliances including set-top, media center, or other appliances, automobile-embedded or attached computing devices, other mobile devices, distributed computing environments that include any of the above systems or devices, and the like."

The patent as well vaguely defines the "VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)" communications the agent can intercept as "any packet based communications" extending the definition to include more than traditional VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) data. To tell the truth, the ambiguous definition used in the patent means "Legal Intercept" can be used to spy on all communications sent over the internet.