The news in BC recently has been focused on the government having “private” email infiltrated and distributed. WOW, a hacker got into our government computers? No.
Our government uses GMail !!!!!
Again on the TV last night, “private email accounts were hacked and information stolen.” IT’S GOOGLE! IT’S NOT PRIVATE ANYTHING!
They may as well have been sending Facebook posts to each other.
Another HUUUUGE issue is Canadian government storing information in US servers, seriously WHAT ARE THEY THINKING?!?!?!?
Canadian privacy rights don’t apply to US servers, though there is privacy protection against an ISP in Canada disclosing your personal information, to anyone requesting it.
Would Americans sit quietly if the US government had stored info on a Canadian email server and had private accounts jeopardized? Not bloody likely!!!
Up here its like, “Oh well, stupid f***ers, what else would you expect?”
Then change the channel back to the hockey game.
I know we don’t really care too much about politics in Canada, it doesn’t have the direct impact on Canadian lives the way US politics effects Americans. We don’t have our rights being challenged daily, we aren’t at war with people who are out to terrorize our nation (unless doing so en route to the US).
Things like this really should raise some action though. With the paranoia shown on TR over using Chrome Books and the cloud for personal or business use, the fact that the Canadian government does it too is just horrific.
I wonder how many US government employees have been secretly killing their GMail accounts though, I’m sure it’s not just in Canada. Scary business!