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In reply to the discussion: Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords [View all]dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)71. Perhaps the warrants ( if there are actual warrants)
are part of a law that says web firms cannot admit to being ordered to give up passwords.
I remember reading that in the original Patriot act, re: libraries, it was not legal to tell the victim the Feds were snooping.
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so will the worshippers still be worshipping when the feds break down their doors at midnight? nt
msongs
Jul 2013
#1
You will know them by their worship sign posted on the door. "No Ram-Me Likey!"
Safetykitten
Jul 2013
#5
Since many folks use the same password across systems (when they can)
The Straight Story
Jul 2013
#6
Anyone stupid enough to use the same password for two different purposes deserves to be hacked.
FarCenter
Jul 2013
#10
What kind of elitist crap is this? People who don't use unique passwords are
Ed Suspicious
Jul 2013
#12
Maybe people will read a strong statement and learn - better some are outraged than poor practices
FarCenter
Jul 2013
#15
you mean like older folks who maybe aren't really good at using computers or have memory
liberal_at_heart
Jul 2013
#14
No intelligence agency is nearly as omniscient as people seem to think they are.
Posteritatis
Jul 2013
#21
There's nothing serious about that computing power alongside modern encryption.
Posteritatis
Jul 2013
#65
Nothing to see here. If you are not doing anything wrong, what's the problem. Besides 'our people'
Purveyor
Jul 2013
#3
I have more security on my world of warcraft account than I have at any of my banking institutions,
Ed Suspicious
Jul 2013
#11
they can demand all they want but those companies have lawyers who know
arely staircase
Jul 2013
#20
Last I read warrants were coming 200 sheets/roll for two-ply, 48 rolls in the Family size. n/t
jtuck004
Jul 2013
#25
Given that the court that issues them is secret, and the entity they are served on is bound by that
jtuck004
Jul 2013
#29
Article doesn't really give a Date or that this is a New Sweeping Request, though.
KoKo
Jul 2013
#22
This is an interesting and fascinating artcile, well worth reading beyond the headline.
arcane1
Jul 2013
#27
He has a history of making stuff up. In mid-June, he misrepresented remarks of Congressman Nadler:
struggle4progress
Jul 2013
#60
All I can say is wow. With that they could lure whistle blowers to remote sites and kidnap them.
pam4water
Jul 2013
#33
Well the state of Oregon just made it illegal for businesses (OR universities)...
cascadiance
Jul 2013
#64
"If it's true that Al Gore created the Internet, then I created the 'Al Gore created the Internet'
DevonRex
Jul 2013
#72
The author is a global warming denier, libertarian economist, Carnegie Melon grad.
DevonRex
Jul 2013
#73