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Microsoft receives an average of 20 such requests annually. Security experts warn this practice creates privacy risks and potential vulnerabilities if Microsoft's cloud infrastructure is compromised by hackers, which has occurred multiple times in recent years. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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