Canadian Police Recommend Ending Anonymity On the Internet

An anonymous reader writes "Michael Geist reports that last week the Ontario Provincial Police, one of Canada's largest police forces, recommended legally ending anonymity on the Internet. Noting the need for drivers licenses to drive or marriage licenses to get married, the police suggested that an Internet license that would reveal all users is needed to address online crime. The Canadian Supreme Court strongly endorsed a right to anonymity earlier this year."

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Re: How about the other way around?

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Driving is a right?

Yes, it is. Also known as pursuit of happiness.

Being in charge of a machine weighing a ton

So what?.. Guns are quite dangerous too — and yet, keeping and bearing arms is likewise a right, according to the Constitution (even if frequently violated by Illiberals nation-wide).

perfectly reasonable harm reduction strategy

That may very well be true. But that's irrelevant. Allowing police to search without a warrant may also be a "perfectly reasonable harm-reduction strategy", for example. Mandatory carrying of identification is also "harm-reducing".

Car drivers are responsible for too many deaths as it is

Irrelevant.

remove any ability of society to put a lower bound on the competence of drivers

People are murdered by pedestrians quite often too — will you require license from pedestrians? How about the government's permission for leaving home?

What would you not allow the government to limit — under the convenient pretext of "harm-reduction"?

Libertard randroid fuckwit.

Ah, an ad-hominem! How refreshing...