Comment by ptx

I imagine the statement is unpopular because it's deceptive and conflates different kinds of trust. If we (data subjects under the GDPR) voluntarily consent to have our data processed by them (the data controller), then we trust that they will process our data in a responsible way. But when we trust them with root, we trust that they will not take our data to begin with, because doing so would be unethical, unacceptable and (without proper consent and basis for processing) illegal.

That said, I agree that Microsoft can't really be trusted with anything.