Here We Go Again -- Encryption in Canada This Time.
hendrikboom writes:
The Globe and Mail reports:
Ottawa wants the power to create secret backdoors in our networks to allow for surveillance
A federal cybersecurity bill, slated to advance through Parliament soon, contains secretive, encryption-breaking powers that the government has been loath to talk about. And they threaten the online security of everyone in Canada.
Bill C-26 empowers government officials to secretly order telecommunications companies to install backdoors inside encrypted elements in Canada's networks. This could include requiring telcos to alter the 5G encryption standards that protect mobile communications to facilitate government surveillance.
The Canadian government seems unaware that there is no such thing as a safe backdoor.
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