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Toronto-Based VPN Provider Plans to Quit Canada over Lawful-Access Bill

117 points • by speckx • yesterday at 6:52 PM • 47 comments • view on HN

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iamnothere • yesterday at 10:03 PM

I’m more concerned about OpenBSD. Given how centralized the project governance is, and its base in Canada, I can imagine the government attempting to (for example) force the project to serve backdoored images or updates to targeted people. A backdoor or bugdoor in the source would probably be spotted by someone, and I’m not even sure the bill allows a broad tool like that, but that’s not the only way to compromise software users.

Fortunately the mirrors are distributed, so maybe that reduces the risk.

LorenDB • yesterday at 8:46 PM

Problem is, where do you take a company like this if you want peace of mind that the new host country won't immediately try to pass a similar law?

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teamspirit • yesterday at 11:49 PM

I’m more curious about Tailscale. How would this law, or these types of laws, affect them?

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singpolyma3 • yesterday at 10:04 PM

Didn't this bill get amended to clarify that no encryption back doors are required?

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elmer2 • yesterday at 9:52 PM

Why don't people ever realize that the more Liberal a government is, the more control they will demand from our lives.

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