Tag Archives: Surveillance
(Un)Lawful Access Forum in Ottawa
For more information about the event, see Unlawfulaccess.ca, and register for the event on Facebook. You can also download/print/share copies of the poster for the event. This will be a really great event, and the mixture of formally separated technical and political panels should do a great job in outlining the range of issues that lawful access legislation touched upon. Continue reading
Amici Curiae on IMSI Catchers
We argue that a substantial amount of information surrounding IMSI catchers is already public and that, as a result, the secrets the government is attempting to protect are already in the public domain. Moreover, the public interest is best served by “greater public discussion regarding these tracking technologies and the security flaws in the mobile phone networks that they exploit, not less.” Continue reading
Publication: (Un)Lawful Access, Its Potentials, and its Lack of Necessity
Last year I was approached by the founder and editor in chief of The Winston Report to update and publish one of my postings on Canada’s forthcoming lawful access legislation. A preprint version of my contribution, which retained a creative-commons license as part of my agreement with the editor in chief, is made available to you under the normal Creative Commons Attribution, Noncommercial 2.5 Canada license. Continue reading
(Un)Lawful Access: Vancouver Premiere & Panel Discussion
The Conservative government is trying to push through a set of electronic surveillance laws that will invade your privacy and cost you money. The plan is to force every phone and Internet provider to allow “authorities” to collect the private information of any Canadian, at any time, without a warrant.
Find out more THIS THURSDAY at 6:30 PM. Continue reading
