NSA data will soon routinely be used for domestic policing

Re:NSA data will soon routinely be used for domestic policing by 3pt14159 on Thursday March 10, 2016 @10:02PM (#11264387)

Maybe just leave the United States? Canada is a lot like a colder America without the crazy surveillance state. You can help advocate for rescuing your country from abroad.

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Re:NSA data will soon routinely be used for domestic policing by jkaunisv1 on Thursday March 10, 2016 @10:17PM (#11264435)

Have you heard of Bill C-51? We're just a lot quieter about the surveillance. Also Canada is pretty extradition-happy with its big bro down south.

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Re:NSA data will soon routinely be used for domestic policing by 3pt14159 on Friday March 11, 2016 @10:29AM (#11267116)

Yeah, C-51 is almost completely reasonable. What part about it don't you like other than the lack of parliamentary oversight?

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Re:NSA data will soon routinely be used for domestic policing by jkaunisv1 on Friday March 11, 2016 @11:53AM (#11267724)

Well, the lack of oversight is a big one. But I remain concerned about the overly broad usages/references to terrorism, "promoting" terrorism, and phrases referring to actions that undermine "the economic and financial stability of Canada".

If an Indigenous tribe protests a pipeline being built on their ancestral land, are they undermining the economic stability of Canada?

I don't like leaving the distinction between what constitutes activism and terrorism up to interpretation by the frontline LEO's and CSIS agents collecting and acting on the data.

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