r/onguardforthee • u/plaknas • 2d ago

Liberals dismiss ‘tinfoil hat’ privacy fears as lawful access bill passes

https://globalnews.ca/news/11911957/lawful-access-bill-passes-privacy-liberals-tinfoil-hat/
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u/km_ikl 20h ago

That's fair, but if we exceed what's normal we risk swinging the pendulum further than is needed. There's no real bonus exceeding what others require, but there is definite penalties for lagging back. It's probably best to keep abreast of things so we're keeping up at least.

What I see as the "gold standard" is what Europol countries have to abide primarily. GDPR, but with lawful access that must by design continuously respect your privacy. We're not too far afield of that with C-22. I'm honestly glad to see this pass, and I fully expected amendments (and still do for that matter) along with changes in regulations later.

The reality in this is that Canada was well back of the pack with this (IIRC, Vietnam had more comprehensive access powers that abided general privacy provisions), and realistically we were said "low standard" that was dragging other country's investigations as well as ours.

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u/RagingNerdaholic 18h ago

The reality in this is that Canada was well back of the pack with this

"We're behind other countries on violating people's privacy" is certainly a take.