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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. Well, the result of this would be... by crazyphilman · · Score: 4, Informative

    Almost everyone integrating GNUPG with their email solution so that all email is encrypted point to point. If the cops figured out a way around that, like, say, trying to make encryption illegal, then people will just switch to Steganography and send all their email using Goatse pictures.

    Take THAT, Mr. Pig-man. It's GOATSE time!

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  2. This is a surprise? by renehollan · · Score: 3, Informative
    You're talkking about a country where the Provincial Psychiatrist (yes, there is such a government office) can "deem" you unfit, and sieze all your assets so that they can be administered "in your best interests".

    No hearing, no trial, no independent psychiatric evaluation, no appeal, nada.

    I wonder how much one has to criticize the government(s) before the Provincial Psychiatrist serves your bank with an order to turn over your money.

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  3. Re:Not a chance. by dadragon · · Score: 3, Informative

    Well, it made the front page of the newspaper in Saskatoon today. I don't know about the Globe or the Post, though.

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  4. Yes a court order is necessary by x0dus · · Score: 3, Informative
    According to what I read a court order would be necessary. This article claims the following:
    Police groups say they are not asking for any new powers but rather the ability to continue their regular investigative activities in the digital age.
    Clayton Pecknold of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police said police are working with laws originally written in 1974, a time when wiretapping involved climbing telephone poles.

    "The laws were written for a wired world as opposed to the wireless world," he said. "We are not asking that we be given any powers without a court order."
  5. Re:ok, but... by ergo98 · · Score: 5, Informative

    6 of the 9-11 terrorists came through canada, on the catferry from NS to bar harbor to get to boston

    You have a source for this? I realize that it became a meme that terrorists came from Canada, and it is true that Rassam came from Canada on an attempt to bomb LAX, however it was my impression, and this was reiterated many times, that not one of the 9-11 terrorists came through Canada. Not that it matters anyways, as ferry or not they're still going through US Customs, and thus it's still up to the US to maintain its security (just as it does, or rather didn't do, when all of the others flew right in and should have raised every red flag).