Canada’s Bill C-22 and the security cost of collecting more data
10 points by chloe
10 points by chloe
Any of these bills should have a very simple: "if this information is ever accessed by any entity without a warrant built on publicly visible law, the law is rescinded, and <government name here> shall provide full compensation, without question, for all work and audits required to remove and verify the removal of this data"
This won't happen of course because these laws always have a single goal: warrantless surveillance with no consequences.
without a warrant built on publicly visible law
Sadly, I wish that I had your optimism.
I will always remember when a judge came to visit our Boy Scout troop to discuss civics and the legal system. Being a cocky middle school jerk, I asked an admittedly pointed question about how views he discussed (e.g. support for repealing the right to an attorney) would be detrimental for innocent civilians. Sadly, my exact question has been lost to the decades, but my mind will never forget his response, nor the rage with which it came.
He vehemently explained that NO defendants are innocent. The police don't arrest innocent men. If you are brought before the court, you are guilty of something. The judge's responsibility is merely to determine if the prosecutor is correct about what the defendant is guilty of, to ensure that the sentence is commensurate to the crime.
He then lamented the sad state of the education system and the level of anti-intellectualism that had infected the nation where he not only had to keep correcting people about this point, but that people who had never passed the bar would claim to a sitting judge that an innocent man could ever be arrested. Until we were also appointed to the court, we should quietly listen to the expert in the room and learn the absolute fact that all defendants are guilty.
In any discussion of warrants, I always remember that that judge was signing them.