http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/anti-terror-bill-powers-excessive-canadas-privacy-commissioner-says/article23325129/ NOTE: if you are supportive of what the Privacy Commissioner says, you might take a minute – – go to the above URL and enter a simple, short message, that’s all it takes. Daniel Therrien needs to be known and supported – – Harper will not like what he wrote. UPDATE: Daniel Therrien […]
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76uBmi5IAuk Eve does a great job in this interview! I will try to track down the professor who is interviewed to see if he is aware of Lockheed Martin’s role, their surveillance agenda, the leaks by Edward Snowden about back-door entry to data bases by the NSA, etc. – – factors that might change his beliefs […]
My thank-you note to journalist David Pugliese follows the posting. Related posting: 2013-10-09 Inside Canada’s top-secret billion-dollar spy palace, CBC News) – – – – – – – – – – – – – Government orders federal departments to keep tabs on all demonstrations across country http://ottawacitizen.com/news/politics/government-orders-federal-departments-to-keep-tabs-on-all-demonstrations-across-country by David Pugliese June 4, 2014 The federal government […]
The next census is in 2016. There are renewed calls for a mandatory long-form census. So frustrating! The articles and comments mention nothing about Lockheed Martin’s role. I “commented” on two news articles (links follow), using basically this: = = = = = = TO: Auditor General Michael Ferguson Dear Michael […]
Chantal Bernier is challenging the Government on the indiscriminate, no-warrant collection of personal data by the Government from the Telecom companies. (The Telecoms typically have both your phone and email conversations.) ALSO 2. the data the Government is collecting on citizens through facebook See Chantal Bernier says Ottawa snooping on social media (2014-05-08): http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/chantal-bernier-says-ottawa-snooping-on-social-media-1.2635998 (back-up […]
The article is copied below. But go to the URL – – there are two video clips of discussions on the issue that you might like to see. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/chantal-bernier-says-ottawa-snooping-on-social-media-1.2635998 IMPORTANT NOTE: in the news coverage there is NO reference at all to the closely-related, 2013-10-09 Inside Canada’s top-secret billion-dollar spy palace, CBC News = = = […]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canada-revenue-agency-shuts-online-services-over-security-concerns/article17892916/ BILL CURRY and TU THANH HA OTTAWA and TORONTO — The Globe and Mail A major cybersecurity flaw that exposes encrypted information to hackers has forced the Canada Revenue Agency to shut down its filing system and push back the deadline for online returns. The flaw, which is known as Heartbleed and affects […]
Edward Snowden made a surprise visit on TED Talks March 18th in Vancouver. More than 100,000 people are watching the video every day. http://on.ted.com/j07uc Just watch the video, if you haven’t already. If you have time for more, read on. But not at the expense of watching the video! Cheers! Sandra = […]
I was asked for my thoughts on today’s news report (appended): Janet Churnin was found guilty of not filling in the 2011 Census form. Note that the CP coverage does not even MENTION the leaks by Edward Snowden. Small wonder that Europeans know about the NSA surveillance of them, but Canadians don’t. MY REPLY: (edited July 2014, […]