Govt nixes bid to allow ISPs to install software without user consent

[Locutus]

Attaboy Steve.

After more than a year of closed-door consultations, the government has finally released an updated draft proposal for those long-awaited anti-spam regulations.

The latest proposed rules, which were published in the Canada Gazette over the weekend, would add several new exemptions to the law, including inter-organizational email -- messages sent by one employee to another, for instance, or to a contractor or franchisee.

It would also expand the definition of "personal relationship," and would not apply to "the first commercial electronic message" that is sent as a result of a referral from someone with an existing relationship -- family, business, personal or otherwise -- with the recipient.

But an attempt by Canadian ISPs to garner an all-access pass that would let them secretly install software to monitor potentially illicit user activity was thwarted, at least in part.


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Govt nixes bid to allow ISPs to install software without user consent - Inside Politics

 

[spaminator]

Attaboy Steve.

After more than a year of closed-door consultations, the government has finally released an updated draft proposal for those long-awaited anti-spam regulations.

The latest proposed rules, which were published in the Canada Gazette over the weekend, would add several new exemptions to the law, including inter-organizational email -- messages sent by one employee to another, for instance, or to a contractor or franchisee.

It would also expand the definition of "personal relationship," and would not apply to "the first commercial electronic message" that is sent as a result of a referral from someone with an existing relationship -- family, business, personal or otherwise -- with the recipient.

But an attempt by Canadian ISPs to garner an all-access pass that would let them secretly install software to monitor potentially illicit user activity was thwarted, at least in part.


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Govt nixes bid to allow ISPs to install software without user consent - Inside Politics

I think that even if they don't install their software on your computers, they can still track your internet activities. 8O

 

[damngrumpy]

It is true activities can be monitored and that is fine for me, I think it is more the
idea that people can in telephone terms "eve's drop" that has people choked.
They can overtly install communication devices without your knowledge.
it is the thought of it more than the practical side of it.
Someone can also break into your house and go through you personal belongings,
but should it be legal to do so and condoned by they government? Quite frankly
No.

 

[Locutus]

I think that even if they don't install their software on your computers, they can still track your internet activities. 8O

'Can' and 'will do anyway' are much different from one another eh.