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Bill Would Let Police Monitor Email

Posted by samzenpus on from the careful-what-you-write dept.

Duuk2k2 writes "The Canadian federal cabinet will review new legislation this fall that would give police and security agencies vast powers to begin surveillance of the Internet without court authority. The new measures would allow law-enforcement agents to intercept personal e-mails, text messages and possibly even password-secure websites used for purchasing and financial transactions."

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  1. Insert sarcasm tags: by Rei · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly, no abuse could come from this!

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    1. Re:Insert sarcasm tags: by Rei · · Score: 4, Funny

      Quite true. Legislators around the world are famous for their deep understanding of technology. As you know, most of them have PhDs in a wide range of technological fields - this is the reason that stupid tech laws never get passed.

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  2. Bill? by le_jfs · · Score: 3, Funny

    Him, again?

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  3. Misread that... by chriswaclawik · · Score: 5, Funny
    Did anyone else think that the headline said that Bill Gates would personally allow the police to read his email?

    Even I thought that was too incredible to believe.

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  4. Re:Is really PGP the solution? by crazyphilman · · Score: 5, Funny

    The answer is simple: encrypt your email, then embed it via Steganography in a Goatse photo.

    Na, na na na... na na... na na
    Can't touch this!
    Na, na na na... na na... na na
    Can't TOUCH this!

    Looking online! It's a cop! Reading my email cuz he just can't stop from STICKING! His nose in, where it don't belong so he GOES in

    But HELLO! What the hell is this? The cop's found a picture, something's amiss and blammo! Thanks to Goatse, "Oh my EYES!" he yells and the piglet can't see!

    Na, na na na... Na na... na na
    Can't touch this!
    Na, na na na... Na na... Na na
    Can't touch this!

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  5. Re:Frustrating by Alien+Being · · Score: 3, Funny

    "It's the police. The police always want maximum powers,"

    Try not to stereotype. Just because there are a few bad apples doesn't mean that the other 2% are rotten.

  6. Old voicemail message: by darkonc · · Score: 3, Funny
    "I'm sorry. Our answering machine is broken -- but that's OK because our line is being tapped, so speak clearly and we'll get the transcripts from our lawyers."

    The message didn't last too long, though, because a couple of people took it too seriously.

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  7. Bill would let police monitor email by tchdab1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    We're an Outlook shop.
    Bill already lets anyone monitor our email.

    (Thank you! I'll be here all week!)