Randy Boon
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CBC's amateur-hour take on Bill C-22 misses the biggest flaws: This "simple" police access bill would force telecoms, apps, and tech (Apple, Meta, Signal etc) to build backdoors, retain your metadata/location/comms for a YEAR, and install gov-directed tech thereby weakening encryption "with warrants" Reality CBC ignored: 🚪Signal, NordVPN, Proton & others threaten to EXIT Canada entirely rather than break privacy (just like Meta blocked news under Bill C-18) 🍯Creates massive honeypots for hackers & foreign spies. U.S. Congress already warned of cross-border risks ⚠️Vague "safeguards" won't stop scope creep or abuse. Gag orders hide it from the public. 👮Police get easier access while criminals switch tools. Law-abiding Canadians lose strong encryption available everywhere else 🔄Repeats Online News Act disaster: tech pullbacks, degraded services, innovation hit Minister claims "no encryption break" but the bill's technical mandates say otherwise. Rush to pass by summer = no real fixes This isn't balanced journalism... it's advocacy that buries real privacy/security costs. Needs major amendments or it will backfire just like C-18! Canadians deserve better than surveillance theater from CBC's Cat Tunney @mgeist @gary_srp @privacylawyer @cattunneycbc

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