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Originally Posted by rubecube
Hate quoting myself, but I'm honestly shocked that more people aren't up in arms over this. It's a blatant assault on civil liberties and honestly something I'd expect to come from the CPC.
I strongly recommend people invest in VPNs.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1930272006676586751 |
I don't like what I've seen of the bill either, but I don't think that tweet is quite accurate. My understanding is that the bill doesn't require that companies disclose IP addresses without a warrant, as the Supreme Court has clearly ruled that users have a reasonable expectation of privacy online and IP addresses are central to that. Nor does it allow the government to compel companies to hand over personal data without a warrant.
What it does do is allow the government/police to see if a person they're investigating is a client with an online service and if so, does that service have any records/data regarding the user's activity. If so, authorities could request the following without a warrant:
- the province and municipality where that service was provided
- the date range that the service was provided
So not particularly sensitive info, but it does open the door to fishing expeditions.