Can you elaborate on this? I want to know what the concerns are.
Obviously, they can track you with cell towers, and there’s the legitimate risk that they’re setting up stingray cells to intercept or even disable communications. All of that sucks, and I wish it weren’t a problem.
However, if I’m participating in a non-violent protest, I do take a bit of a “flood them with noise” attitude by just being there. I also want to be able to contact my group in case we get separated. Burner phones feel a bit like overkill for what should be a non-violent protest.
And yes, I know there are problems with my “nothing to hide, nothing to fear” attitude. I’m not trying to advocate for that. I want more information so that I know why I should be worried.
Let’s say you go to a non violent protest with perfectly good intentions. You bring your phone to communicate and take pictures/videos.
Someone in the crowd gets rowdy, or has an agenda to make the protest look violent. They throw a rock at a cop, or a Molotov on a car. The cops gather cell data, and now you’re a person of interest in a riot or, lately, a terrorist act. You could have booked it as soon as you heard the commotion. But the phone proved you were there, and it’s gonna be a fight to prove you did nothing wrong.
In Canada they are also eroding away at privacy rights. I voted for Mark Carney (liberal) specifically to not let the pro-Trump conservatives (Canadian conservatives) in… but then Bill C-2 is introduced (not law yet. Not even close. It is in the first reading. Meaning first ever step in the process) that is trying to grant the police the right to open mail without a warrant at any stage in delivery, as well as to directly monitor a person’s internet use without a warrant, and to criminalize (yes criminalize) any cash purchase over 10,000$. Quebec already bans people from carrying more than 3000$ in cash at a time. You can be arrested and charged with intent to commit a crime just for doing that.
I mean fuck me. At this point in time I legit don’t give a fuck about money laundering or petty bullshit. This is such a gross violation of privacy that as far as I am concerned they need to repeal all terrorism related laws.
The Canadian government was able to pursue and apprehend and charge international terrorists in the past without any of these laws. Are the making it easier? I doubt it.
LEAVE YOUR PHONES AT HOME!
Can you elaborate on this? I want to know what the concerns are.
Obviously, they can track you with cell towers, and there’s the legitimate risk that they’re setting up stingray cells to intercept or even disable communications. All of that sucks, and I wish it weren’t a problem.
However, if I’m participating in a non-violent protest, I do take a bit of a “flood them with noise” attitude by just being there. I also want to be able to contact my group in case we get separated. Burner phones feel a bit like overkill for what should be a non-violent protest.
And yes, I know there are problems with my “nothing to hide, nothing to fear” attitude. I’m not trying to advocate for that. I want more information so that I know why I should be worried.
Let’s say you go to a non violent protest with perfectly good intentions. You bring your phone to communicate and take pictures/videos.
Someone in the crowd gets rowdy, or has an agenda to make the protest look violent. They throw a rock at a cop, or a Molotov on a car. The cops gather cell data, and now you’re a person of interest in a riot or, lately, a terrorist act. You could have booked it as soon as you heard the commotion. But the phone proved you were there, and it’s gonna be a fight to prove you did nothing wrong.
It is disappointing to be reminded that “innocent until proven guilty” is not the shield we were taught it was.
That only applies for the rich and powerful, not you or me.
They will monitor cell phones near protests to identify the agitators. Bring a prepaid burner if you really need a phone.
In Canada they are also eroding away at privacy rights. I voted for Mark Carney (liberal) specifically to not let the pro-Trump conservatives (Canadian conservatives) in… but then Bill C-2 is introduced (not law yet. Not even close. It is in the first reading. Meaning first ever step in the process) that is trying to grant the police the right to open mail without a warrant at any stage in delivery, as well as to directly monitor a person’s internet use without a warrant, and to criminalize (yes criminalize) any cash purchase over 10,000$. Quebec already bans people from carrying more than 3000$ in cash at a time. You can be arrested and charged with intent to commit a crime just for doing that.
I mean fuck me. At this point in time I legit don’t give a fuck about money laundering or petty bullshit. This is such a gross violation of privacy that as far as I am concerned they need to repeal all terrorism related laws.
The Canadian government was able to pursue and apprehend and charge international terrorists in the past without any of these laws. Are the making it easier? I doubt it.
Walkie talkies only :)
Encrypted walkie talkies.