Canadians, Too, Should Demand Surveillance Answers 81
An anonymous reader writes "Privacy and surveillance have taken centre stage this week with the
revelations
that U.S. agencies have been engaged in massive, secret surveillance
programs that include years of capturing the meta-data from every
cellphone call on the Verizon network (the meta-data includes the
number called and the length of the call) as well as gathering
information from the largest Internet companies in the world
including Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and Apple in a program called
PRISM. Michael Geist explains
how many of the same powers exist under Canadian law and that it is
very likely that Canadians have been caught up by these surveillance
activities."
5 Eyes (Score:5, Informative)
It's the 5 Eyes problem.
The USA, UK, Aus, NZ and CAN have reciprocal intelligence agreements.
Canada spies on US citizens, gives the intelligence to the US. And vice-versa.
It's been going on for years.