Re:Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files fr...
by inetknght on Monday April 16, 2018 @08:09PM
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Propose changes (additions, subtractions, et al) to current law. Talk to your (I don't know Canadian politics) political figureheads about your proposals. Shop them around.
Talk to your law enforcement agencies about computer crimes.
Write and talk publicly about the issues.
Re:Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files fr...
by EamonnMR on Monday April 16, 2018 @11:35PM
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I'm not an expert in Canadian law, but are there any elected officials in the chain of the decision to conduct a raid? If so this ought to be severely career limiting. If it was an elected judge who approved the warrant, for example.
Re:Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files fr...
by hydrox24 on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @04:26AM
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The provincial government or federal government appoints judges. [0]
But if it is anything like here in Australia (we are both Westminster systems) then this does not mean the government is held accountable. Judge appointments are assumed to be fairly neutral and it hardly ever comes up at election time.
[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_appointments_in_Canad...
I'm looking for something other than "donate to the EFF [or equiv.]" ideally though; I'd prefer to donate directly to his legal fund, or even do some legwork myself that will help, etc.
And ideally in a way that not only helps him, but that helps prevent these situations from occurring in the future -- i.e. working towards law change, influencing prosecutorial discretion (meh), etc...