Just a old fart with a Mastodon account trying to help make Canada a better place for everyone.
Progressive thinker, not a socialist and not fond of any particular political party.
I have no patience for intolerance or the big-brother state.
#AgeGate #CdnPoli
#Surviellance #Internet #Technology
CBC "The House" [audio] segment on social media ban.
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-64-the-house/clip/16215150-social-media-bans-are-kids-going-alright
Prediction: they will be coming for the VPNs.
RE: https://flipboard.com/@cbcnews/canada-1akomc2pz/-/a-SWHth6vGQiSJjvH9s7jE0A%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0
Another politician who does not seem to understand technology.
#CdnPoli
#BillC22 #KillBillC22 #StopBillC22 #CdnPoli
#Surviellance #Internet #Technology
#LawlessAccess
"The Lawful Access Two-Headed Surveillance Monster: How Bill C-22 Went Off the Rails"
https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/05/the-lawful-access-two-headed-surveillance-monster-how-bill-c-22-went-off-the-rails/
Any bill related to technology usually falls off the rails since politicians fundamentally do not understand the technology and I'm not convinced their tech advisers do either.
Those companies pulling out of Canada know that the internet would become a dangerous place if the gov was permitted to weaken encryption.
The rest of the world would be wise to put Canada into an information quarantine-silo to safeguard their own countries.
Any remote office worker, small business or satellite office, more than likely, uses one or more VPNs.
Weakening encryption is a recipe for diaster.
IMO we should be thinking about moving from 256 bit to 512 bit or 1024 bit encryption (which would take some time).
Threaten the safety/security of millions of Canadians just so the spooks/cops can play sneaky-peaky.
Madness!
The government’s plans for lawful access have gone off the rails. In recent days, Signal has warned it would pull out of the Canadian market rather than comply with Bill C-22. Windscribe, the Toronto-headquartered VPN provider, has said it would relocate its headquarters out of Canada and NordVPN has warned it would consider following suit. Apple and Meta have both raised public concerns about the bill’s effect on encryption and cybersecurity. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce, the Cybersecurity Advisors Network, civil liberties groups, and a long line of legal and security experts have all called for changes. The chairs of the U.S. House Judiciary and Foreign Affairs Committees have written to Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree warning that the bill threatens U.S. national security and the integrity of cross-border data flows. Even the bill’s own oversight body, the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency, has told the SECU committee it does not have the access it needs for effective oversight. If the government thought it could push through the bill largely unnoticed, it has been proven painfully wrong as there are now trade frictions with the U.S., the prospect of leading companies exiting the Canadian market, and weaker cybersecurity protections for ordinary users. How did Canada’s lawful access plan go awry so quickly?
"“like a filing cabinet, where certain types of information would be available with legal authorization.” — CBC"
We need to kill Bill C-22 with fire 🔥
#cdnpoli https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/facing-mounting-backlash-anandasangaree-says-u-s-tech-companies-are-misinterpreting-his-lawful-access-bill-9.7198017
Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree accused U.S. tech giants of "misinterpreting" his lawful access bill, which promises to give police and spies faster access to Canadians' information during investigations, as the proposed legislation faces growing backlash south of the border.
#cdnpoli #privacy #canada #e2ee #security #signal #wire #messagingapps #whatsapp #telegram #threema #activism #activist #journalism #journalist #protest
I use Wire. I switched years ago. Canada's DND, the German govt, amnesty international and other countries, militaries and major NGO's use Wire. It is free for personal use and cross platform. Get it from your app store.
A week after Utah Senate President Stuart Adams signed off on the Stratos AI data centre via his role as chair of the Military Installation Development Authority, his Political Action Committee (PAC) received $135,000 from five different companies/individuals who have done business with MIDA in the past.
There’s no evidence any have a direct connection to O’Leary’s AI data centre but they include construction companies, electrical contractors and developers.
Each made $20-40,000 donations, doubling the amount the PAC already had in its bank account.
“Adams is fighting for his political life in the most competitive re-election campaign of his career.”
https://utahpolitics.news/stuart-adams-pac-mida-donors-data-center-approval/
#AIDataCentres #AIDataCenters #WonderValleyAlberta #WonderValleyUtah #Stratos #Utah #utahpolitics #cdnpoli #ableg #environment #climate
Utah Senate President Stuart Adams' political action committee collected $135,000 from five MIDA-connected donors in a single day — the five largest donations in the PAC's history — just days after Adams chaired the approval of Kevin O'Leary's controversial 40,000-acre data center in northern Utah.
I just emailed a strongly worded letter
to my government representative to oppose Bill C-22.
If you are Canadian, you should too: https://action.openmedia.org/page/188754/action/1
🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: https://openmedia.org/StopC22 #BillC22
@protonprivacy
So what happens if Canadian Bill C22 [lawful access] passes as is?
Will you follow Signal's and Windscribe's plans to withdraw from the Canadian market?
I would fully understand if you followed their leadership.
Some of us are putting in great efforts to kill bill C22 but the PM has a majority.
Is there any legal way to work around a possible vpn block?
#BillC22 #KillBillC22 #StopBillC22 #CdnPoli
#Surviellance #Internet #Technology
#LawlessAccess
Michael Geist
Chad Kohalyk
the yyc monk
JEmphatically
Em 
