My last email was about spying on citizens by the National Security Agency (NSA) in the U.S., information leaked by Edward Snowden. (The POwer of Fun. Fun in the streets.)
It’s a serious issue – privacy of personal information.
Hear what Phil Zimmermann has to say – – very worthwhile interview (20 minutes): You have even less privacy than you think. Phil Zimmermann interviewed on CBC, Q.
I followed one of the links. Gulp! and Geez guys. This is pretty damn serious! Take a look: NSA surveillance scandal: Major legal site shuts down over spying
This is all happening at a time when – – (update R v. Finley, Do Canadians have a Charter Right to privacy of personal information, or not?) – – we filed the papers seeking leave-to-appeal the lower court decisions (guilty) to the Supreme Court. Their decision to hear the case or not, should be known by the end of October.
(Background (the case arose because of Lockheed Martin’s involvement in the Canadian census), click on: Lockheed Martin, War Economy, StatsCan, Census, Surveys, Charter Right Privacy, On Trial)
Meanwhile, a Vancouver activist faces charges over the 2011 census. Stanley Cup riot hero faces charge for crumpling, colouring and burning census form to prevent ‘data mining’, National Post
I think I will try to contact Phil Zimmermann.
He knows the situation in the U.S.; does he know the situation in Canada ?
- the ramifications of the Patriot Act for security of Canadian data bases
- the building of files on citizens through StatsCan (through the Census Bureau in the U.S.)
- “harmonization” and “integration” of Canadian military with American
- the involvement of Lockheed Martin Corp in the Canadian and American data bases
- and so on.