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Canada's Police Chiefs Want New Law To Compel People To Reveal Passwords (www.cbc.ca)
Reader DaveyJJ writes: CBC is reporting that the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, has passed a resolution calling for a legal measure to unlock digital evidence, saying criminals increasingly use encryption to hide illicit activities. The chiefs are recommending new legislation that would force people to hand over their electronic passwords with a judge's consent. RCMP Assistant Commissioner Joe Oliver is using the usual scare tactics "child-molesters and mobsters live in the 'dark web'" in his statement today to drum up public support in his poorly rationalized privacy-stripping recommendation. A few years ago, Canada's Supreme Court ruled that police must have a judge's order to request subscriber and customer information from ISPs, banks and others who have online data about Canadians. I guess that ruling isn't sitting too well with law enforcement and Canada's domestic spy agencies.
Royal Canadian Marijuana Pushers
The RCMP (who btw are not entitled to the "Royal TItle" in any way whatsoever), control a multibillion cannabis trade and they will never, ever give it up.
Mine is "Go to hell motherfucking cop bastard"
Oddly I only get beat up every time I surrender it to the feds.
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.