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So basically, Canada is tapping HTTP to popular sites and logging the IPs and URLs for later searching and correlation, on undisclosed grounds. For most people
by wintercomes 12y ago
So basically, Canada is tapping HTTP to popular sites and logging the IPs and URLs for later searching and correlation, on undisclosed grounds.
For most people that probably means in practice Canada knows who you are what you download, and has it available for searching on a whim. As disgusting as it is, I think the technical among us already assume every spy agency everywhere is doing at least this much behind closed doors, so it's not a shocking revelation.
My reaction can best be summarized as sadness. I was never under the impression my home country was somehow better than the states, but it's sad to have evidence of that.
- sandworm 12y agoDoes anyone here really believe this is limited to Canada? I think it safe to say that the NSA/GCHQ/MIB have similar/identical programs of their own.
- a3n 12y agoI think it's safe to say that those agencies are their own orthogonal state by now.
- derefr 12y agoEh, from the phrasing, it seems that it's entirely concerned with HTTP file-sharing sites, while completely avoiding e.g. BitTorrent search engines. Living in Vancouver BC, I've never encountered anyone using a file-sharing site for anything other than to create an ephemeral URL for oversized email attachments.
- na85 12y agoCanada is a member of the "5 eyes" alliance, so it's prudent to assume our government has access to just about any data the NSA/GCHQ has. It's also wise to assume CSIS and CSEC are far more competent and well-equipped than is let on.
- username223 12y ago> My reaction can best be summarized as sadness. I was never under the impression my home country was somehow better than the states, ... AFAICT, you're a timber-and-oil operation with a small enough population to make it profitable; Saudi Arabia with snow. If those of us in the States could still live that way, we would. That said, you seem a bit less eager to exploit your Fellow Man, so you're slightly better.
- themartorana 12y agoIn general, yeah, but that current government of theirs is a piece of work... http://sciencewriters.ca/initiatives/muzzling_canadian_federal_scientists/ http://sciencewriters.ca/initiatives/muzzling_canadian_feder...
- tacoman 12y agoIf I read this right, Canada's largest single export is cars (probably from GM Canada to GM America) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Canada#mediaviewer/File:Canada_Products_Export_Treemap_2012.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Canada#mediaviewer/... Russia is the Saudi Arabia with snow: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russia_Export_Treemap.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Russia_Export_Treema...
- chongli 12y agoWow. I never would've guessed our aerospace industry outstrips our wheat exports. That's pretty crazy!