As criticism of Bill C-13 mounts, the government’s sales strategy for its latest lawful access bill is starting to unravel.
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Why the Digital Privacy Act undermines our privacy
On April 8, the government introduced the Digital Privacy Act (Bill S-4), the latest attempt to update Canada’s private-sector privacy law. The bill is the third try at privacy reform stemming from the 2006 PIPEDA review, with the prior two bills languishing for months before dying due to elections or prorogation.
How Canadian spies at CSEC are told to talk about their jobs
Employees of Canada’s electronic spying agency are told to only speak about their work in vague terms when asked by outsiders, including friends and family, and to keep that information limited to those “who truly have a need to know,” according to documents released to the Albatross under the Access to Information Act.
Saskatchewan’s access to information laws suck; here’s why
Freedom of information laws are the kind of thing that many people either don’t know about at all or are only peripherally aware of, but they are fundamental to the maintenance of a free and open society. They’re like the load-bearing beams of democracy.
Sochi is for lovers
Seeing double in Sochi: BBC correspondent Steve Rosenberg tweeted out this photo Jan. 20, showing an alarming public bathroom setup in the Olympic city.
Police can’t look through your phone if it’s password-protected, says Ontario’s top court
Ontario’s top court says police can look through a suspect’s phone upon arrest if it’s not password-protected. The ruling from the Court of Appeal for Ontario comes in the case of Kevin Fearon, who appealed a 2009 robbery conviction by arguing that police violated his Charter rights by looking through his phone after his arrest. […]
Child pornographers rejoice! The internet surveillance bill is finally dead
Good news for the Canadian internet today. The Conservative government is pulling the plug on Bill C-30, the infamous online surveillance bill that would have allowed law enforcement access to the telephone and internet records of citizens without any warrants.
RCMP using mini-helicopter drones to solve crimes, spy on people
Watch out, bad guys! The RCMP are about to have a shitload more remote controlled spies up in the sky.
A Russian hacker is currently trying to get into the LinkedIn account you forgot you had
About 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords have been posted online at a Russian hackers’ forum, forcing everyone to remember what LinkedIn is.
Vic Toews still not giving up on his warrantless online spying bill
Canada’s favourite walrus Vic Toews says Bill C-30, the warrantless spying bill that a majority of the country rejected, would help the investigation into the gruesome body parts murder.