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The federal Liberals have blocked a Conservative push to bring Canada's Privacy Commissioner back to a House of Commons committee. The opposition wanted the watchdog to weigh in on proposed changes to the government's controversial lawful access legislation, known as Bill C-22. According to The Globe and Mail, the public safety committee started reviewing amendments
  • limonfiesta@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Per that article the RCMP has claimed they need to break all encryption and enact society wide dragnet electronic surveillance to solve bike theft crimes.

    Fucking wild.

    • njordomir@lemmy.world
      9·
      13 days ago

      It’s like serial numbers, RFID, lora trackers, traditional security cameras, eyewitness testimony, and evidence-based search warrants don’t exist. Instead, they tell us that we have to give up all our rights to find lost dogs and bikes. I’m a cyclist with a few decently nice bikes and I’m not silly enough to think my bikes overrule anyone’s 4th and 5th amendment rights.