Canada is about to end private digital conversation — Bill C-22 (dontsurveil.me)

submitted 3 months ago by cm0002@lemmings.world to c/privacy@programming.dev

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For now, your encrypted messages have a lock on them.

Only you, and the person you're talking to, hold the key. Not the app. Not the company. Not the government. You probably don't think about it. That's the whole point — it just works.

Until, possibly, the end of this summer. Every messaging app in Canada would be required to build a second key.

With Bill C-22, the government would hold the copy. The lock you trust would no longer be a lock only you can open. It would be a lock the locksmith was ordered to duplicate.

Find and email your MP here to voice your opinion.

https://dontsurveil.me/c22/mp/

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[-] Mikina@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

PGP exists. If your threat model requires pretty good privacy, the absolute minimum you should do is manually add a second level of encryption with PGP with manually exchanged keys somewhere off-grid.

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