Canada's Bill C-22 should worry anyone who uses encrypted messaging, not just Canadians.
EFF says the Bill revives last year's surveillance push, with powers that could pressure digital services to assist lawful access requests, expand metadata retention, and create secrecy around access orders.
That is the danger with "just one backdoor". It never stays local. Once one government normalises access to encrypted communications, others point to it as permission.
Encryption protects ordinary people: families, journalists, activists, abuse survivors, whistleblowers, and anyone who wants private conversations to stay private.
Privacy is not a loophole. It is a basic defence against power.
Should governments ever be allowed to weaken encrypted services?
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/05/canadas-bill-c-22-repackaged-version-last-years-surveillance-nightmare
#Privacy #Encryption #DigitalRights #Canada #Surveillance #EFF #SelfSovereignty
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