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As a Canadian, I wish this were possible for us. Virtually all of our Internet traffic, even to hosts in other parts of Canada, go through American territory. I
by a-priori 13y ago
As a Canadian, I wish this were possible for us. Virtually all of our Internet traffic, even to hosts in other parts of Canada, go through American territory. I'm not sure if it would even be possible to route our traffic around the US.
- atlanticus 13y agoApparently you are not aware that Canada is part of the five eyes. If you are then I don't know what to tell you.
- a-priori 13y agoI am aware, and that's something I've voiced my concerns about with my MP, but I don't see anything changing under our current government. But even if we weren't, it would be possible for American agencies to intercept Canadian traffic without any sort of due procedure.
- atlanticus 13y agoYou have no responsibility to take to the streets to protest the evils of the Canadian government as long as you can blame the Americans.
- a-priori 13y agoI don't follow...
- atlanticus 13y agoIndeed.
- GFischer 13y agoHad to look it up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKUSA_Community http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UKUSA_Community "The United Kingdom – United States of America Agreement is a multilateral agreement for cooperation in signals intelligence between the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The alliance of intelligence operations is also known as Five Eyes (FVEY). It was first signed in March 1946 by the United Kingdom and the United States and later extended to encompass the three Commonwealth realms of Canada, Australia and New Zealand. "
- speeder 13y agoBy the way, the lastest controversial Snowden leak is that Canada was spying on Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy (then officially stated that this was not economic spying...)