New Law To Give Police Access To Online Exchanges
Our benevolent overlords are at it once again.
The Conservative government is preparing sweeping new eavesdropping legislation that will force Internet service providers to let police tap exchanges on their systems – but will likely reignite fear that Big Brother will be monitoring the private conversations of Canadians.
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The change is certain to please the RCMP and other police forces, who have sought it for some time. But it is expected to face resistance from industry players concerned about the cost and civil libertarians who warn the powers will effectively place Canadians under constant surveillance.
We’ve all got (or should have) stats services and/or programs and we know they when they’re reading our blogs, we know they’ve got staffers watching our Twitter accounts, our YouTube channels, and the public areas of our social networking sites — and now they want access to where we go on the Internet, what we look at, and our private conversations.
I really wish I couldn’t already hear the screeching cry of the lesser Canadian sheeple, “if you’ve nothing to hide, you’ve nothing to fear, AWK !!, if you’ve nothing to hide, you’ve nothing to fear“.
I also wish I had at least some confidence in the Liberals putting a stop to this – but I doubt they will, the nanny state urge is strong within them.
Note to the readership, the bunker word of the day is Tor 
They already beat you to it
http://ragingtory.blogspot.com/2009/02/new-surveillance-program-will-not-spy.html
Posted yesterday, I left a comment and his reply is that I obviously have something to hide ~snort~
Its funny to see Conservative support this bill when they wee so opposed to the Liberal Lawfull access bill of a few years ago. This bill is basically the same thing, but now the Cons are all for it.
That sad part is that any criminal with half a brain can figure out how to encrypt his communications thus completely bypassing any government surveillance.
Wow. How hilariously at odds with their anti-Human Rights Commission pro-Freedom of Speech campaign.
@Zorpheous – Good for you Zorpheous, you’ve spotted a “mottled blue lesser Canadian sheeple“, their numbers were once low however they seem to be making a come-back over the last few years so we can expect to hear more and more of their cries all around us.
Those who rationalize this type of intrusion by the state with a flippant mantra of: “if you’ve nothing to hide, you’ve nothing to fear” miss the point entirely. All we have to lose (or fear) as a citizenry in our right to free unfettered expression, our individuality, and our absolute right to privacy.
Any monitoring by the State of ‘private’ conversations (whether one is having them in person, on the phone, or on the internet) without appropriate legal justification for the intrusion cannot be allowed to stand. If the government gets to monitor my private thoughts – then I should have the right to monitor theirs! And this would especially include those dark thoughts that emanate from that morally bankrupt cavern known as the PMO!
“you’ve nothing to hide, you’ve nothing to fear”! = a Bullshit defense of the indefensible.
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