27.05.2015 - 01:15 [ OPENmedia.ca ]

Opaque and unaccountable telecommunication surveillance threatens Canadians

Canadian telecommunications firms and government representatives work within international standards-setting forums to develop new modes of intercepting communications. Rogers Communications, in particular, has been involved in a European standards body (ETSI) and has proposed ways of defeating some forms of end-to-end encryption, discussed challenges of deploying a lawful-intercept compliant Dropbox competitor, and raised concerns about how Canadian lawful access legislation may force updates to how lawful interception is conceived