DamianTV
03-27-2013, 03:09 PM
http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/03/27/1650213/supreme-court-of-canada-rules-that-text-messages-are-private
"The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that text messages are private communication (Official Ruling) and therefore police are required to get a warrant to gain access to the text messages of private citizens. The CBC reports: '[Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Silberman] Abella said the only practical difference between text messaging and traditional voice communications is the transmission process. "This distinction should not take text messages outside the protection to which private communications are entitled," she wrote.'"
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It should be pretty obvious which direction we are headed when we compare ourselves with our neighbors to the north.
Canada: You need a Warrant
US: We dont need a fucking Warrant, for ANYTHING.
US: Oh yeah, we have full unrestrained Lawful Power to deprive you of any Right we want, and dont even need Due Process of Law to do what we want!
We are both on the same road, but if it was a Race to Tyranny, the US would definitely be winning. None the less, always on the same stretch of Road, just a bit further along than anyone else.
"The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that text messages are private communication (Official Ruling) and therefore police are required to get a warrant to gain access to the text messages of private citizens. The CBC reports: '[Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Silberman] Abella said the only practical difference between text messaging and traditional voice communications is the transmission process. "This distinction should not take text messages outside the protection to which private communications are entitled," she wrote.'"
(embedded links in article have not been copied)
It should be pretty obvious which direction we are headed when we compare ourselves with our neighbors to the north.
Canada: You need a Warrant
US: We dont need a fucking Warrant, for ANYTHING.
US: Oh yeah, we have full unrestrained Lawful Power to deprive you of any Right we want, and dont even need Due Process of Law to do what we want!
We are both on the same road, but if it was a Race to Tyranny, the US would definitely be winning. None the less, always on the same stretch of Road, just a bit further along than anyone else.