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Canadian Govt To Introduce Massive Internet Surveillance Law

An anonymous reader writes "The Canadian government will introduce new Internet surveillance legislation tomorrow that will mandate a massive new surveillance infrastructure at all Canadian ISPs and remove the need for court oversight of the disclosure of customer information. Michael Geist has a detailed FAQ on the history of the bill, the likely contents, the lack of government evidence supporting the need for the invasive legislation, and what Canadians can do about it."

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  1. Re:Inevitability by SJHillman · · Score: 5, Funny

    But then they'll only see what you see. They also want to hear what you hear, touch what you touch, taste what you taste and above all else, know what you think. They're still on the fence about smelling what you smell, because that would be taking it too far.

  2. Re:To stop child pornographers and organized crime by tmarsh86 · · Score: 5, Funny

    And then in the 20th century one of his family did the same thing.