tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273930.post7539164416553243465..comments2024-03-08T07:29:54.585-04:00Comments on Canadian Privacy Law Blog: What lawful access is all aboutprivacylawyerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03943567746055311435noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6273930.post-87722627758486179942011-09-19T16:07:07.863-03:002011-09-19T16:07:07.863-03:001. I'd allow it if judges could then have real...1. I'd allow it if judges could then have real-time access to, and records were kept of, everything that these "officials" were looking at, so they could know they were being watched as well, otherwise these powers could cause great harm.<br /><br />but,<br /><br />2. There IS anonymity online, and these laws will just help it grow.<br />There are anonymizing services, proxies, email and web forwarders, virtual private networks, onion routing networks, usenet, freenet, encrypted peer-to-peer, libraries, public wi-fi, mesh networks, or any one of many other such technologies to come. <br /><br />3. Regardless, eventually one angry couple will both claim that the infringement was the fault of the other party and the judge will have to declare that an IP address is not a person. If only we could just get this to court!<br /><br />This is a collective delusion of grandeur shared between the media industry and government officials.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com