Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords

[thereisnospoon]

Why would thy need passwords when all the information in the account is available through other means? Are they intending to log on and post as different people?

Yes.

 

[Sunshine]

I'm glad we elected a liberal who is opposed to domestic spying

Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords | Politics and Law - CNET News

Secret demands mark escalation in Internet surveillance by the federal government through gaining access to user passwords, which are typically stored in encrypted form.



The U.S. government has demanded that major Internet companies divulge users' stored passwords, according to two industry sources familiar with these orders, which represent an escalation in surveillance techniques that has not previously been disclosed.

If the government is able to determine a person's password, which is typically stored in encrypted form, the credential could be used to log in to an account to peruse confidential correspondence or even impersonate the user. Obtaining it also would aid in deciphering encrypted devices in situations where passwords are reused.

"I've certainly seen them ask for passwords," said one Internet industry source who spoke on condition of anonymity. "We push back."

I would require some thought and some memory, but you could change your password every time you logged on.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Scary

Afraid the police are going to bust you?

Typical reaction from an Obama sycophant.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Afraid the police are going to bust you?

You trust the feds with your money ? Good luck. I think some people who actually have money and do online banking may have some concerns.

Yes I do.

Online banking is extremely secure if you take the proper steps on your end.

WHAT?!!!!!
Are you on fucking crack?
Tell ya what..You can be the guinea pig for the federal email account snooping program. Let us know how it works out for you.

 

[Sunshine]

The feds know how much money you have. Anybody have their tax return sent direct deposit? They even have your account number. LOL

 

[thereisnospoon]

Because having the password allows one to impersonate the account owner without the account owner being aware that his/her account has been hijacked.



That's exactly the intent, along with being able to continuously monitor communications of a given account without having to go back to an ISP with another "data dump" demand.

blackmail opportunities up the wazoo.

Yeah, the Government is going to blackmail you. Yeah. Sure.

The liberal mantra..."Oh, that can never happen here"...
Have you ever been in the least bit inquisitive as to why the phrase "absolute power corrupts absolutely" was ever written/spoken?
This federal government in its current form CANNOT be trusted.
Those in charge are pissing on the Constitution and you liberal Obama as lickers could not care less as long as "The Chosen One" gets to push his socialist agenda down our throats.
Hey, barf bag, elections have consequences.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

I see the paranoid kiddie-porn folks are at it again!

How cares. As long as you aren't money laundering through paypal you have nothing to fear.

Send me your all your logon info and passwords and I will show you just how wrong you are.

Why would you want my log-on info and passwords?

Send it to me and find out.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Scary

Afraid the police are going to bust you?

1%er apparently has no problem with the government overstepping it's power and violating our privacy.

I disagree.
1%er thinks government, at least government run by lib/socialists, has no boundaries.

 

[Pop23]

Why would thy need passwords when all the information in the account is available through other means?

Because having the password allows one to impersonate the account owner without the account owner being aware that his/her account has been hijacked.

Are they intending to log on and post as different people?

That's exactly the intent, along with being able to continuously monitor communications of a given account without having to go back to an ISP with another "data dump" demand.

blackmail opportunities up the wazoo.

The administration finally figured out how to pay down the national debt?

 

[editec]

Face it...the internet is a GLASS HOUSE.

Throw stones accordingly.

 

[OnePercenter]

Scary

Afraid the police are going to bust you?

1%er apparently has no problem with the government overstepping it's power and violating our privacy.

Sounds like reasoning from a terrorist.

 

[OnePercenter]

Scary

Afraid the police are going to bust you?

Typical reaction from an Obama sycophant.

No. Questioning why you would be concerned.

 

[OnePercenter]

You trust the feds with your money ? Good luck. I think some people who actually have money and do online banking may have some concerns.

Yes I do.

Online banking is extremely secure if you take the proper steps on your end.

WHAT?!!!!!
Are you on fucking crack?
Tell ya what..You can be the guinea pig for the federal email account snooping program. Let us know how it works out for you.

Stop your BLOW-V-ATING and explain how on-line banking isn't extremely secure.

 

[Geaux4it]

Fuck em

-Geaux

 

[OnePercenter]

blackmail opportunities up the wazoo.

Yeah, the Government is going to blackmail you. Yeah. Sure.

The liberal mantra..."Oh, that can never happen here"...
Have you ever been in the least bit inquisitive as to why the phrase "absolute power corrupts absolutely" was ever written/spoken?
This federal government in its current form CANNOT be trusted.
Those in charge are pissing on the Constitution and you liberal Obama as lickers could not care less as long as "The Chosen One" gets to push his socialist agenda down our throats.
Hey, barf bag, elections have consequences.

What would be the motive for the government to blackmail you?

 

[thereisnospoon]

Afraid the police are going to bust you?

1%er apparently has no problem with the government overstepping it's power and violating our privacy.

Sounds like reasoning from a terrorist.

You are an abuser of controlled substances.
You are also full of shit. Had the administration been run by the GOP you'd be so pissed off, you would have an out of the body experience.
So cut the shit asshole.

 

[thereisnospoon]

Yeah, the Government is going to blackmail you. Yeah. Sure.

The liberal mantra..."Oh, that can never happen here"...
Have you ever been in the least bit inquisitive as to why the phrase "absolute power corrupts absolutely" was ever written/spoken?
This federal government in its current form CANNOT be trusted.
Those in charge are pissing on the Constitution and you liberal Obama as lickers could not care less as long as "The Chosen One" gets to push his socialist agenda down our throats.
Hey, barf bag, elections have consequences.

What would be the motive for the government to blackmail you?

Who said anything about blackmail?

 

[thereisnospoon]

Yes I do.

Online banking is extremely secure if you take the proper steps on your end.

WHAT?!!!!!
Are you on fucking crack?
Tell ya what..You can be the guinea pig for the federal email account snooping program. Let us know how it works out for you.

Stop your BLOW-V-ATING and explain how on-line banking isn't extremely secure.

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/07/25/arrests-planned-in-hacking-of-financial-companies/...
Stupid fuck.
Like I said....YOU be the guinea pig for this shit.
Leave others out of your schemes.

 

[Spoonman]

The feds know how much money you have. Anybody have their tax return sent direct deposit? They even have your account number. LOL

jokes on them, I never get any money back

 

[Spoonman]

they just keep pushing the envelop further and further. soon, even what we once considered unacceptable becomes tolerable. we really need to turn back the clock on our governments intrusion into our lives.