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sandworm101 • yesterday at 6:56 PM • 3 replies • view on HN

There are lots of laws in Canada that are not enforced. Ap owners/controllers will wait to see how the government wants to handle this. If the government starts making demands then they will pull out, but I doubt the bill itself will trigger anything immediate.


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mitthrowaway2 • yesterday at 10:23 PM

Signal, NordVPN, Psiphon VPN, Tailscale, Windscribe, and DuckDuckGo have already confirmed that they will stop offering their services in Canada, and not route any of their European services through Canadian proiders.

donmcronald • yesterday at 7:33 PM

Hopefully it doesn’t get CRA (tax) enforcement where the little guy is relentlessly pursued while the rich are too much trouble to go after.

EmbarrassedHelp • yesterday at 10:01 PM

Canadian law enforcement have publicly stated that they intend to target encrypted messaging apps as soon as possible if the legislation become law.