Technology companies must retain the trust of their customers and must not assist governments with their hacking schemes even though world leaders may request them to do so.
As an example of how technology companies can work together, he cited how Microsoft was impressed with other big tech companies likeGoogle(GOOG, -0.39%)and Facebook(FB, -0.28%)in how they notified their users when their accounts may have beencompromised in state-sponsored attacks.