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Proposed Canadian Law Would Allow Warrantless Searches

Posted by timothy on from the rifling-through-america's-storage-unit dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A bill introduced by Canada's Minister of Public Safety will allow police to (warrantlessly) force ISPs to provide access to any requested digital traffic records, reports News 1130. Police lobbied for the bill as means of 'combatting gangsters, pedophiles, or terrorists,' but apparently they find the legal principles of judicial review and probable cause, as well as a constitutional provision against 'unreasonable search or seizure', to be too much of a hassle, and would rather be able to search anyone's web or e-mail traffic at their own discretion and without any oversight. All in the name of public safety, of course."

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  1. Re:Come on, people! by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 0, Troll

    We should just hand them over every little piece of information about our lives at the drop of a hat! It's the least we can do.

    Have you considered moving to Montana? I heard you might feel there at home.

    --
    Ezekiel 23:20
  2. Re:That's it, I'm moving to ... by BikeHelmet · · Score: 1, Troll

    It wasn't so bad until the Conservatives got in. Harper is a Bush look-alike, except that he can't get away with quite as much because of slightly more sane laws restricting his power.

  3. Re:Despicable. by WCLPeter · · Score: 0, Troll

    No, I don't think that would add the impact you might think it does. Orwell has been talked to death, particularly after the events of 9/11 and 8 years of George Bush. Talking about Orwell these days just makes you look like a fringe crazy wacko nutjob, and people tend not to listen seriously to anything crazy wacko nutjobs have to say.

    Instead it would be far more instructional for him to live the Orwellian nightmare he wants to create for us; if he wants us to expose our private lives, he should have his private life exposed as well.

  4. Re:That's it, I'm moving to ... by BikeHelmet · · Score: 0, Troll

    Does that mean an American modded me troll?

    Conservatives are going down the same path as Bush - where privacy is a luxury rather than a right.

  5. Re:Be reasonable... by Chiindi · · Score: 0, Troll

    Here in America we can have handguns just like the the cops. This puts us on an even keel with so called law enforcement. I have NO problem using it on any agent of corrupt government who simply pisses me off, or threatens my freedom! In my opinion, a career in law enforcement is akin to the intellectual skills required for passing out ketchup at the local fast food joint!