I didn't say it exonerated them.

I said it was a bug in Microsoft's view and they are allegedly fixing it.

I'm not sure what you mean by the "covering their tracks" bit.

He means they were doing it on purpose and used the "bug" excuse when they were caught.

What's the reason for Microsoft to be doing it on purpose?

Their massive stock in tinfoil companies

Yes! :D

But wouldn't it be awesome, if all conspiracy theories were produced by a conspiracy of the tinfoil industrial complex?