France Outlaws Hashed Passwords

An anonymous reader writes "Storing passwords as hashes instead of plain text is now illegal in France, according to a draconian new data retention law. According to the BBC, '[t]he law obliges a range of e-commerce sites, video and music services and webmail providers to keep a host of data on customers. This includes users' full names, postal addresses, telephone numbers and passwords. The data must be handed over to the authorities if demanded.' If the law survives a pending legal challenge by Google, Ebay and others, it may well keep some major services out of the country entirely."

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dont excuse me - its again you american's bullshit. world wasnt picturing french in any form back in 1990s. except maybe making fun of their isolationism.

john locke, is british. and, most of what he derived goes back to erasmus and early human rights pioneers. however, because america is way too indulged in anglo-americanism, its no surprise that they mention locke, but not erasmus et al, and diderot, rousseau, voltaire ...

its anglo-american cultural imperialism, and the foremost victims, are you people living in america.