Based in Canada, Snapzu isn’t subject to the U.S. Patriot Act or U.S. National Security Letters; even though it has lately become U.S. policy that the Internet, and indeed the entire physical world, is U.S. jurisdiction. There is a corresponding legislative overreach in Canada, once known as Bill C-51 which, like the Patriot Act, is bizarre, authoritarian nonsense that ended any pretense we live in an open, civil society. The faith people put in warrant canaries is misplaced. There is no fig leaf that will cover how ideals around freedom of thought and expression were ritually sacrificed by our national legislative bodies to grotesque new gods of ‘national security’ and ‘anti-terrorism.’ By the time your librarians and your ISPs are unconstitutionally bound not to reveal you’re being monitored by federal authorities, any hopes that the ‘canary in the coal mine’ still being alive means everything’s fine are deluded.
Yeah, couldn't quite recall what the relevant bill in Canada was, or even how much it could be taken for granted for years after the initial Snowden reveals, the five eyes pretty much makes certain expectations of privacy moot. And that is without going into how future impacts from the TPP come into play. "The TPP's Electronic Commerce and Telecommunications Chapters establish only the weakest baseline for the protection of your private data—even enforcing self-regulation by the companies that profit from your data is enough. On the other hand, stronger privacy laws are outlawed if they amount to an “arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade.”"
Still think mulling over the topic, and how it pertains to the site can't be a bad thing, especially with how between twitter, and reddit, this conversation is just going to push the idea of transparency reports more front and centre, and why they matter even if they are just a form of civil protest over the authoritarian measures in place in different countries.
EDIT: Though I do think if the topic ends up being, "these are flawed, because that is the current state of affairs" is hilarious, frightening, and indicative of one of the reasons why I still browse this site more then some others.
Based in Canada, Snapzu isn’t subject to the U.S. Patriot Act or U.S. National Security Letters; even though it has lately become U.S. policy that the Internet, and indeed the entire physical world, is U.S. jurisdiction. There is a corresponding legislative overreach in Canada, once known as Bill C-51 which, like the Patriot Act, is bizarre, authoritarian nonsense that ended any pretense we live in an open, civil society. The faith people put in warrant canaries is misplaced. There is no fig leaf that will cover how ideals around freedom of thought and expression were ritually sacrificed by our national legislative bodies to grotesque new gods of ‘national security’ and ‘anti-terrorism.’ By the time your librarians and your ISPs are unconstitutionally bound not to reveal you’re being monitored by federal authorities, any hopes that the ‘canary in the coal mine’ still being alive means everything’s fine are deluded.
Yeah, couldn't quite recall what the relevant bill in Canada was, or even how much it could be taken for granted for years after the initial Snowden reveals, the five eyes pretty much makes certain expectations of privacy moot. And that is without going into how future impacts from the TPP come into play. "The TPP's Electronic Commerce and Telecommunications Chapters establish only the weakest baseline for the protection of your private data—even enforcing self-regulation by the companies that profit from your data is enough. On the other hand, stronger privacy laws are outlawed if they amount to an “arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade.”"
Still think mulling over the topic, and how it pertains to the site can't be a bad thing, especially with how between twitter, and reddit, this conversation is just going to push the idea of transparency reports more front and centre, and why they matter even if they are just a form of civil protest over the authoritarian measures in place in different countries.
EDIT: Though I do think if the topic ends up being, "these are flawed, because that is the current state of affairs" is hilarious, frightening, and indicative of one of the reasons why I still browse this site more then some others.