Govt Docs Reveal Canadian Telcos Promise Surveillance Ready Networks

An anonymous reader writes "Michael Geist reports that Canadian telecom and Internet providers have tried to convince the government that they will voluntarily build surveillance capabilities into their networks. Hoping to avoid legislative requirements, the providers argue that "the telecommunications market will soon shift to a point where interception capability will simply become a standard component of available equipment, and that technical changes in the way communications actually travel on communications networks will make it even easier to intercept communications."

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I don't see what the Telcos have to do...

[TWX]

...when everyone is storing everything on the cloud, and relying on the cloud's encryption to protect them.

Re:Greater of two evils

[ganjadude]

in reality, they will do this, and the government will tell them it doesnt go far enough (no matter how far it goes) and take just a little bit more

Exactly

[future assassin]

We have civil forfiture lawsthat were set up to fight "organize crime" now they are being used by butt hurt Crown Counsels as secondary punishment when the cases dont go their way. Even the judges have stepped in the made statements about it in BC.