Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords

By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords
Declan McCullagh, CNet News.com, July 30, 2013
According to this report, the "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 companies (for example, Microsoft) report that they are not turning over passwords, decryption algorithms, or salts. More...