Toronto-Based VPN Provider Plans to Quit Canada Over Lawful-Access Bill
Psiphon will leave Canada if Bill C-22 requires secret surveillance access for police and CSIS.
Psiphon, a Toronto censorship-circumvention company spun out of the Citizen Lab, says it will move operations out of Canada if Bill C-22 passes unchanged. The bill would require electronic service providers to make secret system changes so police and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service can conduct surveillance. Psiphon reports about 20 million monthly users who rely on it in countries including Iran, Myanmar, Russia, and China. Citizen Lab founder Ron Deibert warned the bill could make many privacy-preserving tools unable to operate in Canada.
- Psiphon, a Citizen Lab spinout, reports about 20 million monthly users.
- Bill C-22 would require secret system changes for police and CSIS monitoring.
- Psiphon says the bill would undermine protections for user privacy.
- Ron Deibert says many privacy tools could not operate in Canada.
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Psiphon, a software company that helps internet users under oppressive regimes evade online censorship, plans to leave Canada if the lawful-access bill passes. The post Toronto-Based VPN Provider Plans to Quit Canada Over Lawful-Access Bill appeared first on The Citizen Lab.
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