Canadian Bill C-416 to Require Wiretapping

Matthew Skala writes "Bill C-416, recently introduced in the Canadian Parliament, would if passed require Internet providers to provide wiretapping facilities to law enforcement — without a warrant, and with 'confidentiality' requirements reminiscent of the secret-spying cases we've seen recently in the States. This new Act is a reprise of last Parliament's C-74, which failed when the Government's term ended. Coming back as a Liberal "private member's Bill" in a minority government, it will have little chance of success without cross-party support; but with the Conservatives in charge, all bets are off if they can find a way to claim it's about terrorism or child pornography."

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Re:IN SOCIALIST CANADA

[FlyByPC]

ISP spy on YOU!
No, no, no.

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In Soviet Russia, Beowulf clusters of Anonymous Cowards imagine *you*!