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Canadian Police Recommend Ending Anonymity On the Internet

Posted by samzenpus on from the sign-in dept.

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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  1. Licenses That Are Missing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    1) License to speak in public
    2) License to read a specific book
    3) License to speak to a specific person

  2. Re: ROFL by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    People who post anonymously are cowards.

  3. Strongly endorse by gurps_npc · · Score: 4, Funny
    So, the cops - an organization that's job is in large part to identify criminals - endorse finding out people's names.

    Similarly, I strongly endorse the idea of supermodels having sex with me.

    I think that both of have just as much right to expect the laws to change to suit our desires.

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  4. Re:ROFL or OPP by WillAffleckUW · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm down with OPP.
    You know what I mean.
    They're the Blue Law Cops from the land of noughts.
    And they need cartoon instructions to pee.

    Eh?

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