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Pirate Party of Canada Promises VPN For Freedom
An anonymous reader writes "The Pirate Party of Canada has announced that it will extend a VPN originally set up to allow people in Tunisia to browse freely while internet censorship was imposed there. Canada may soon be added to that list since the ruling Conservative Party has vowed to introduce a bill that would provide unprecedented systematic interception and monitoring of Canadians' personal communications. So the Pirate Party of Canada has announced it will extend that service to Canadians."
FOR GREAT JUSTICE!
See, non-conservative parties also perpetrate shit. but, they do not take their filth perpetrating and public-enemyness to a level of 'vowing' for something that is so anti-people.
but you cant go wrong with conservative. they will even vow to take away your freedoms and do not flinch in the process. if you challenge them, they will say they are doing the right thing.
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...1984 will seem like a utopia to us.
I dont see the benefit of this VPN.
Given any slightly savvy government or ISP can intercept all traffic you send down a VPN or HTTPS connection using a simple man in the middle attack with easily available commercial software, whats the big deal?
Sure they could provide a VPN, which could then be easily broken by either the ISP or Govt, so its not of much use is it?
Good luck, I'm behind 7 proxies!
Can someone please provide a link to where the Conservatives "vow" to introduce this bill? Just more FUD from the losing parties.
What is the use of one man standing in front of a tank? That one man stood. You would have folded. That man may be dead but he is a man. You are not.
Sometimes a symbolic action has value. Just to show not all people fold as easily as you do.
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Having sat on one too many IRC meetings, I can quite firmly state that the Pirate Party of Canada is a joke, a very profound disappointment. Every single moment I've spent on their web site or in a chat room has felt like a colossal waste of my time. Nothing but a bunch of overgrown children fussing over inane trivia, trying to sell memberships and merch, and refusing to agree on any sort of official stance or direction. They can't promise shit, because they're too busy arguing over who's going to pay for the next batch of business cards. Appoint a goddamned treasurer, throw fund raisers and awareness rallies, take out ads in the paper or on progressive TV channels, you know, the usual political song-and-dance.
To put things into perspective, the non-partisan OpenMedia group has had great success in the battle against UBB (usage based billing), by leveraging those very same activities. They send an email, maybe once a month, asking for donations and listing off any upcoming meets in my area, and they have delivered RESULTS! If the PPoC put in one tenth of the efforts and professionalism demonstrated by the OpenMedia group, they'd have far more credibility and pull.
Even non-geeks tend to have the opinion that the PPoC are just a bunch of freeloading cyber-hippies, and that's insulting to hippies.
-Billco, Fnarg.com
The Conservatives Commitment to Internet Surveillance
Interestingly: "None of this is to say the Liberals would be any better. They introduced their own lawful access package many years ago and the reaction of MPs like McTeague in 2009 was "what took you so long." The Liberals point to protection from digital threats in their platform, but do not specifically discuss lawful access. They should be asked about where they stand now (so too for the NDP which marshalled opposition in 2009)."
Looks like NDP are the ones to support on this issue.
is one of the reasons I will not be voting Conservative while I firmly believe in Conservative values - small government and low taxes (as possible). (I also believe in pro-choice and GBLT equality. Call me a Social Liberal / Fiscal Conservative.) Stephen Harper's government has been doing everything they can to stay in power while acting almost New Democrat in spending - two things I cannot accept. I also will not be voting Liberal (I don't think Michael Ignatieff will be any better in his role as PM), the NDP think you can spend yourself out of debt and I can't vote Bloc Quebecois (although I think their leader Gilles Duceppe is by far the most competent).
In this election I will vote Green Party. Granted, they are quite out there with some policies however I think they are the best choice.
I call it 'The Aristocrats'
Has anyone here tried the proxy service Cocoon? https://getcocoon.com/ I like using it so far, but it does slow my browsing down a little (not much but it is noticeable).
First mention of bundling "lawfull access" (aka monitoring) and crime bills for passage within 100 days.
http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Conservative+majority+would+bundle+crime+bills/4580146/story.html
Link to Conservative platform containing the promise
http://www.conservative.ca/media/ConservativePlatform2011_ENs.pdf
Search for "100 days"
Subsequent comments:
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/blogsection/0/126/10/10/
"The first prong mandates the disclosure of Internet provider customer information without court oversight. Under current privacy laws, providers may voluntarily disclose customer information but are not required to do so. The new system would require the disclosure of customer name, address, phone number, email address, Internet protocol address, and a series of device identification numbers.
While some of that information may seem relatively harmless, the ability to link it with other data will often open the door to a detailed profile about an identifiable person. Given its potential sensitivity, the decision to require disclosure without any oversight should raise concerns within the Canadian privacy community.
The second prong requires Internet providers to dramatically re-work their networks to allow for real-time surveillance. The bill sets out detailed capability requirements that will eventually apply to all Canadian Internet providers. These include the power to intercept communications, to isolate the communications to a particular individual, and to engage in multiple simultaneous interceptions."
davecb@spamcop.net
The decision to intercept and monitor all internet traffic actually happened in the US and Canada shortly after 9/11.
They had decided well before that to plan for it, and once they had the boogey-man of terrorism to pave the way,
it was put it into place.
This has nothing to do with "Harper", "The Conservatives" or any party.
This is done by our military, our security establishment, and will not be disturbed by politics.
FYI the whole intercept technology was upgraded last year, and this is already in place and operational now.
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Why go to that much effort when TPP has conveniently concentrated much dissident activity into a small number of open text egresses into the public internet that can be easily monitored under existing technologies and legislation domestically or by allied agencies?
There are 1.1... kinds of people.
I searched the sites you gave and I could not find the content you mentioned. Perhaps they have retracted those comments?
No, it's all there, as davecb stated. The Conservative platform is disturbingly vague (I'm sure details would dampen the spirit of many who currently support the ideas), but page 50 of it is what you are looking for. You need to expand the story on Geist's site to see the more detailed info about what is intended.
where you have a bloc quebecois whose mandate is to basically scream at who ever is in charge and do nothing else.
This is what I see on page 50 of their platform I think you are referring to: "Give law enforcement and national security agencies up-to-date tools to fight crime in today's high-tech telecommunications environment;" Your right, its kind of vague but it also does not say anything about monitoring internet traffic of individuals as lead to believe. It isnt the bible where people interpret passages in their own way and state them as fact.
If they're really nice to you they'll kick you in the quadraceps muscle instead of the spine.
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The text of the first reading of the bill is here: http://www2.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?Docid=4740653&file=4
It says that officers can intercept private communications without a warrant if they fell that an offense is or would be committed immediately. (this part is probably in response to a real world case where officers were witnessing a child being molested in real time via internet video and needed to track the offenders location through ISP's in a hurry in order to stop the offense in process)
Further on in the bill is says that other exigent circumstances may allow interception without a warrant.
It reads like a bunch of other laws that are "Safe when used as directed".
Of course another solution would be to fund the courts so that proper judicial oversight can be in place *even* when your in a hurry.
I don't care about posturing by 'pirate parties' or any others.. the fact that we allow this gross violation of basic liberties and freedoms to pass without a huge roar is SHAMEFUL.. And no 'if you've got nothing to hide' arguments either.. I can't believe people still use that as an excuse.. Why isn't this on the news headlines?
Finally, we get some meat on the subject. Thanks for link. Now only if I had the brain power to understand it. Is there any non-biased interpretation anywhere? I have my own opinions on it, which are meaningless if I don't understand it completely.
Sadly there is no such thing. People are welcome to beleive any interpretation of the law they like and act accordingly. Any law is simply a prediction of how a judge will rule so if they think they can convince a judge of their interpretation that's it..
On the positive side, any un-warranted surveillance has to justified after the fact. Law enforcement is required to report actions taken which can then be audit by the courts. Not excusing this bill in any way, just saying...