It appears our Canadian friends are getting their own twisted version of an internet-killing bill (they seem awfully popular these days, no?) – only it’s like the Patriot act mixed with it. Legal wire tapping, government reading all your personal emails and messages and…, etc. All WITHOUT A WARRANT. Don’t be surprised if the US and other countries see something similar sometime soon. This is a frightening step towards totalitarianism.
It is also apparent that politicians will continue to submit that in order to protect the populace from itself…it must be spied on. Of course – if the government isn’t allowed to spy on it’s citizens…then the pedophiles will have won. It is amazing to see how the conservatives in Canada have adopted the Republican tactics in America. They’re really trying to protect you from online predators…*wink*.
One can only congratulate Canada’s Public Safety Minister Vic Toews for taking George W. Bush’s Churchillian call to freedom in 2001 — “you’re either with us or with the terrorists” — and raising him one with Monday’s House of Commons classic, “He can either stand with us or with the child pornographers.” …
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Bill C-30 includes, as CBC.ca reports online: requiring telecommunications and Internet providers to give up subscriber data, including name, address, mobile phone number and IP address (your online ID). And that’s before they get a warrant.The bill also forces tech providers to provide police with a “back door” for easy surveillance. It also lets police get warrants to track any information sent online, who sent it and from where, and will let courts force other parties to preserve electronic evidence.
This last one rather sums up the terror of this new law. While we anguish over Facebook and Google’s increasingly blatant use and storage of our online lives, we’re blind to the ultimate destination of this information. It can now go straight to the cop who asks for it.
Via Conservative Bill C-30 will let police spy on Canadians online – thestar.com.
