OT: Tuesday Globe -- Ottawa and Wiretap access

[Jamon Camisso]

Did anyone else see this article on proposed wiretapping abilities?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051011.wxaccess11/BNStory/National/

I don't take issue with the actual potential for invasion of privacy, 
since I think it is somewhat inevitable. For anyone who isn't involved 
in illegal activities there should be no problems. Regardless (and I 
concurr the previous point is very much debateable), my concern is with 
the following:

"The major boost in interception capacity is in proposals the government 
has put forward in confidential negotiations with the telecom industry 
as it prepares new legislation on high-tech wiretapping scheduled to be 
introduced next month."

Why must the proposals be confidential? If it is a government 
initiative, shouldn't the proposals be made public, what with the 
governemnt being a public body and all? Claiming that making such 
proposals public knowledge would give the baddies the jump on new 
wiretapping technologies is silly in light of existing encryption and 
anonymizing tools already available.

Thoughts?

Jamon Camisso
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