Bill C-22: Canadian surveillance legislation requires tech companies to build government backdoors into private communications
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Summary
Bill C-22 is a proposed Canadian law that would require internet companies, messaging platforms, cloud services, and hardware companies to build surveillance backdoors into their systems, giving the government access to private communications and data. While the government frames this as "lawful access infrastructure," security experts warn it creates vulnerabilities that could be exploited by hackers and foreign adversaries. The article argues this legislation threatens privacy and security, drawing parallels to similar US laws that were exploited by foreign state hackers.
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Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data.
Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US.
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