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Despite this, Canada is still one of the best countries to live in, IMO. It's still safer and more free than virtually any other country in the world (including
by cpncrunch 12y ago
Despite this, Canada is still one of the best countries to live in, IMO. It's still safer and more free than virtually any other country in the world (including the USA). The only lack of freedom is the possibility of being shipped in handcuffs to the USA if you do something that is perfectly legal in Canada but illegal in the USA (mailing cannabis seeds or running an online gambling business for example). However even that slight lack of freedom isn't really an issue for the vast majority of people.
- guard-of-terra 12y agoThe problem here is: most of people on HN are statistically improbable. Snowden is very improbable. We're not "the vast majority". We're a minority. I can no longer assess my own security in this world. What if the country I reside in decides to go after my kind of minority?
- cpncrunch 12y agoI think people like Snowden are a very small minority even on HN.
- guard-of-terra 12y agoAnybody who uses bitcoin, tor or have encrypted disks can easily become a target. Not meaning Canada specifically, but one twist in a law and you're nailed. You have no rights when it comes to digital.
- cpncrunch 12y agoIf you're not doing anything illegal with tor or encryption, you shouldn't have anything to worry about (in Canada anyway).