Post by @unicornCoder@fosstodon.org

2025-06-11 19:49 UTC

the #Canadian #CBC #news had a video on Bill C-2 which in their framing seemed like it was end of privacy for all citizens with privacy experts stating caution of such legislation. So i read the 140 pages of the bill thinking the worst case scenarios but that was not the case. read the bill, called Strong Borders Act : https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/45-1/bill/C-2/first-reading the Bill&#39;s focus is on detecting or deterring money laundering, terrorist activity financing or sanctions evasion.

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@unicornCoder@fosstodon.org 2025-06-11 19:50

with a judge's warrant: - seize any computer data for examination. - name, pseudonym, address, telephone number and email address; - obtain tracking data that relates to the location of a thing that a person uses - install, activate, use, maintain, monitor and remove the tracking device - obtain transmission data that relates to any means of telecommunication that is unknown at the time the warrant is issued - install, activate, use, maintain, monitor and remove the transmission data recorder,

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@SnowyCA@social.vivaldi.net 2025-10-31 18:04

@unicornCoder@fosstodon.org There are legit concerns over Bill C-2 https://ccrweb.ca/en/over-300-organizations-unite-demand-complete-withdrawal-bill-c-2 https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2025/06/20/What-Strong-Borders-Act-Gets-Wrong/ https://www.netnewsledger.com/2025/06/17/critics-warn-bill-c-2-could-open-door-to-warrantless-surveillance-of-canadians/

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