tomhudson's Journal: Reversing the tables on Canadian CyberSnoop

Remember that clown who said that anyone opposed to Canada's proposed new law is siding with pornogrphers, and that people who have nothing to hide shouldn't worry?

Well, looks like someone is going through the affidavits from his messy divorce, and tweeting the details of this "family values" Member of Parliament.

The guy had an affair with his wife's sister's nanny, then another one with the babysitter, got her pregnant, divorced his wife and stopped paying support (they have 2 kids) ... but hey, he has nothing to hide so he shouldn't be embarrassed, right? After all, he's a fine, Christian Fundie.

http://twitter.com/#!/vikileaks30

Would you trust this guy with warrantless searches?

How long?

[tqft]

How long will it be until reading leaked material like this will be crime (if it isn't already)?

For national security stuff in Australia & I believe elesewhere (the USA) possession of security restricted material is a crime and the onus of proof is reversed - you have to prove innocence. So if you find a top secret document in the gutter, burn it & tell no-one is the safest course of action.

Will the mindset expand to include personal information, where not only the purveyors but the consumers are gu

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[base3]

Nah, such a law would only apply to information on our masters. Think of the poor law enforcement officers and politicians who have to labor under the spectre of the same laws that make things like real estate transactions, marriages, and divorces part of the public record: the law could be easily changed to "fix" that and I'm surprised it hasn't already been.

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[tqft]

Wouldn't happen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_British_privacy_injunctions_controversy [wikipedia.org]

Just ask Gina Rinehart http://www.businessspectator.com.au/bs.nsf/Article/E-mails-reveal-details-of-Rinehart-family-rift-pd20120202-R4RTL?OpenDocument&src=hp8 [businessspectator.com.au] vs http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-02-09/gina-rinehart-keeping-mum-on-family-feud/3819112?section=nsw [abc.net.au] who given that she may end up richer than Bill Gates (seriously at $20b already and growing) has enough money to keep it in court for a while. She has also

I missed this

[tqft]

http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2012/02/disturbing-trends-in-news.html [blogspot.com]
From the USA
"The War on Cameras in Reason details police threats, phone confiscations, detentions, felony charges and convictions of citizens for the 'crime' of recording officers on duty. Yet, laws are vague and vary greatly from state to state."

"but six media giants now control a staggering 90% of what we read, watch or listen to, in the U.S. These companies are: CBS, Viacom, Disney, GE, News Corp (which includes Fox and the Wall Street J

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[tomhudson]

On the "6 media giants", it's actually an improvement over when it was just the "big 3" - nbc, cbs, and abc, controlling pretty much everything on tv. The cable cos. changed that balance permanently. The net will change it even more over time.

Radio - do people even listen to radio any more? Maybe in their cars, but I'd think the days of having the radio on "in the background" at work or at home are pretty much over. One of the reasons we saw so much consolidation in radio was because audiences were drop

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[tomhudson]

All the stuff that was leaked wrt his marriage and his 10-year long affair with 2 babysitters (the one hired by his sister-in-law - 7 year affair, and the one hired by his wife - 3 year affair) - was available for anyone to look at who went down to the courthouse and read the affidavits.

Now what's interesting is that they've also begun posting his restaurant tabs, etc. - stuff that we normally don't get to see. The guy has expensive tastes when it's on the public's dime.

Another interesting point is tha