Stop Online Spying Petition

[Funkytown]

OpenMedia.ca has launched a petition to stop the Government's online spying mandate.

I just signed the petition to stop warrantless online spying at http://www.StopSpying.ca and you should too!

Here's some background:

The government is trying to push through an anti-Internet set of electronic surveillance laws that will invade your privacy and cost you money. They’re calling it "Lawful" Access - we're calling it warrantless, invasive, costly, and poorly thought out. This bill will force every big phone and cable company to track what everyone does on the Internet every hour of every day, and surrender that data to "authorities" without a warrant.

These laws will be introduced as part of a package of crime bills in the fall, to be fast-tracked without proper examination or debate.This bizarre Harper Government bill will create Internet surveillance that is:

- Warrantless: If these bills pass, we're looking at a future where government watches all citizens in real time using wired Internet and mobile devices, without court oversight.

- Invasive: This is a radical break from existing privacy safeguards, and leaves our personal and financial information less secure. The bill requires every Internet service provider to monitor the personal activity of every user, leading to terabytes of private user data stored by ISPs. Who will ensure that information is not misused or stolen?

- Costly: Internet services providers will be forced to install millions of dollars of spying technology and the cost will be passed down to YOU.

Besides all this, the bills are simply poorly written, using vague terms and providing dangerously unchecked powers to government. In fact, every single provincial privacy commissioner has stepped up to criticize it.

Join with us to Stop Online Spying. Sign the online petition to send a clear message to the Harper government and the other parties. Sign the Stop Online Spying petition now, and forward it to everyone you know.

http://www.StopSpying.ca

[lauren]

I have signed this petition. Not only is that fairly invasive, but who really wants to have to pay for a higher internet bill? Thanks for posting this information.