Ars Technica and security researcher Ashkan Soltani discovered several encrypted links sent via Skype were accessed by Microsoft-affiliated IP addresses.
Microsoft's Surface has made a very small splash in the tablet pool, and now it's said the company has plans for the next edition of the hardware before the summer.
An underground market in zero-day exploits and software vulnerabilities allows the American government, foreign security agencies, and rival companies to snoop on strangers' computers.