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."
Absolutely (Score:5, Insightful)
Guaranteed that our country is willingly sharing all of our data with the US. I don't doubt it for a minute. And its likely been doing it since Echelon was first built, now just more efficiently than before. I have zero faith in Steven Harper's credibility or integrity at any rate.
Where's the Canadian Obama? (Score:4, Insightful)
He'll bring you the "Hope and Change" Americans now enjoy. You certainly deserve it.
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Every Country in the World (Score:4, Insightful)
Of course Canada is doing it; of course the United States is doing it; Every country that can figure out how is probably doing it. It's like sex. Everyone is doing it or trying to do it.