Revisiting History During the early 2000s Microsoft was under a microscope

Revisiting History

During the early 2000s Microsoft was under a microscope for having a monopoly. The case was settled (see wikipedia >Settlement)

Review the below links:

• United Stated vs. Microsoft Corp. 
• NSA and CIA Backdoor

Answer the following:

• What are your thoughts on what you have read?
• Do you believe that your privacy rights have been or currently violated?
• Do you think that hackers have found the backdoor?
  
  
• How would you protect your infrastructure against a backdoor?
• Any other thoughts