Where do we draw the line with NSA data collection?

Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57595529-38/feds...

REPORT: The Federal Government Wants To Know Your Account Passwords

http://www.businessinsider.com/report-the-federal-...

Federal Government Demands Internet Passwords

http://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/...

"The report revealed, again citing “a person familiar with the requests,” that some of the federal government “orders” (not requests) have demanded more than a user’s password but also the encryption algorithm and the so-called “salt.” In cryptography, a salt is random data that are used as an additional input to a one-way function that hashes a password or passphrase.... The original intent of salting was primarily to defeat pre-computed rainbow table attacks that could otherwise be used to greatly improve the efficiency of cracking the hashed password database. In other words, the federal government wants not only the key to the lock, but also the means to disarm the security protecting the lock, as well. Other government orders have demanded the secret question codes (e.g., “Who was your favorite teacher?”) often associated with user accounts."

Are you outraged, or is this still all within reason to you? Where do you draw the line in terms of what the government should know about you, and your life?

"Some people say, if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about. To which I say, if you have nothing to worry about, then you don't need rights."

- Ben Swann