IIlIlIIllIlIIIlIl Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 A part of the government’s surveillance antics were revealed by Edward Snowden, who blew the whistle on NSA’s PRISM program. Since the leaks, there has been a lot of debate on how the government is spying through major internet companies. In the PRISM saga, big companies such as Microsoft, Apple, Google and Yahoo were named, though all of them denied knowing about the program. CNET now reports, citing people familiar with the matter, that the federal government is demanding “major internet companies” to hand over their users’ passwords. The report doesn’t say exactly which companies have received such requests. If we were to consider, for the sake of argument, that the government is indeed asking for passwords, what would it do with them? The obvious answer is to spy on user data such as emails, messages and other private data. It would also have full access to users’ accounts, impersonating users will become very easy. The report also says that the government has demanded that internet companies hand over encryption keys, a process that is used to strengthen encrypted information such as passwords. The FBI reportedly did not comment on this report, whereas Microsoft and Google are said to have declined to mention if they have received any such requests. Spokespersons of both companies said that they don’t turn over users’ passwords. http://tinyurl.com/qbaubh7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a Fool Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks#01fan Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 The revolution is coming, there is no doubt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Ed Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Only nerds care. Seriously so what if they get info about you online. Unless most of your life is online and that's all you have. In which case my original point stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks#01fan Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 ^ ya because only nerds care if their rights are taken away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Only nerds care. Seriously so what if they get info about you online. Unless most of your life is online and that's all you have. In which case my original point stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheels22 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Didn't they demand this like 3 months ago? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrik Kesler Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Only nerds care. Seriously so what if they get info about you online. Unless most of your life is online and that's all you have. In which case my original point stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tre Mac Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Well this nerd cares haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedated Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 Like a bad anti-government movie. They pose as you and post on your sites or sites talking about illegal things, that use it to make a case against you, pointing out you used the same password and credentials so it has to be you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilduce39 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 If they start using my Brazzers password I'll be choked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Heffy Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 If they start using my Brazzers password I'll be choked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilduce39 Posted July 26, 2013 Share Posted July 26, 2013 You PAY for porn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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