La Sûreté Du Québec, Police De La Pensée?

La sûreté  du Québec, Police de la pensée?

L’histoire suivante est ce qui est arrivé selon Patricia Paquette lorsque la SQ l’a visitée chez elle récemment. Nous ne relayons que l’information comme elle nous a été présentée et ensuite nous commentons.

Hier Matin, Patricia Paquette a recu une visite qu’elle n’aurait jamais cru recevoir. Vers 10:30 le matin, ses 2 téléphones sonnent en même temps, elle travaille de nuit donc n’a pas l’habitude de recevoir des appels le matin. Elle se dit donc que ca doit être important, quand elle vérifie les messages elle constate qu’un sergent détective de la sûreté du québec lui dit qu’elle devrais les rappeler.

Elle les recontacte donc pour savoir ce qui se passe, le sergent en question lui mentionne qu’ils quittent le quartier général de la SQ et sont en direction de chez elle.

Une fois arrivés chez elle, ils lui demandent si elle connait la raison de leur visite, twitter était très loin de son esprit donc elle répondit qu’elle n’en savait rien. Ils lui expliquent donc qu’ils sont la en rapport avec Anonymous et veulent connaitre son implication.

Jusque la, ca semble être une visite de routine faisant partie d’une enquête, rien de bien anormal, mais les choses deviennent rapidement plus étrange selon Patricia. On lui mentione qu’elle a retweeté les tweet d’une personne qui a été arrêtée en france. On lui demande ensuite comment elle réagirais si son employeur serait contacté pour leur dire qu’elle avait tweeté des infos sur eux concernant un autre évènement n’ayant aucun liens.

Ils lui montrent ensuite une copie de toutes ses conversations sur les médias sociaux et à du leur expliqué que le message en question n’était qu’un message déjà posté par son employeur. Visiblement dérangés face a son attitude détachée, Ils lui montrent un article de lois et lui disent qu’elle encourage le crime à la limite en retweetant anonymous et que la prochaine fois ce serait un juge qui déterminerais.

On lui demande de ne plus retweeter anonymous car il y a eu des attaques commisent par d’autres gens qu’elle ne connais même pas sur les sites provinciaux et gouvernementaux.

Ceci est l’histoire, telle que racontée par une Patricia Paquette visiblement ébranlée à la fin d’une journée de travail ou tout ceci lui avait trotté dans la tête. Je sais pas pour vous, mais de mon côté je commence a me demander ce que la SQ peux bien faire de leurs journées.

Sans mentioner que si les choses se sont bien passées comme elle le dit, c’est carrément de l’intimidation de la part des policiers.  Je savais pas qu’on avait une police de la pensée au québec, chargée de nous dire ce qu’on à le droit de reposter sur les médias sociaux ou pas.

Je savais pas non plus que faire du chantage en menacant de contacter l’employeur était une tactique acceptable.  J’me demande si ils font pression autant que ca quand il s’agit de politiciens corrompus. Probablement pas, car ceux la ne se font jamais arrêter ou même visiter, la SQ est trop occupée à déranger de simple citoyens qui utilisent twitter pour exprimer leur opinion ou simplement retweeter quelquchose exprimé par quelqu’un d’autre. Faudrait peut-être que quelqu’un leur apprenne a utiliser l’internet.

Personellement, je n’ai jamais supporté les attaques sur les sites webs du gouvernement, je n’ai jamais même supporté les demandes des étudiants, mais avec la loi 78 et la SQ qui se comporte comme une police politique, je n’ai d’autre choix que d’en parler haut et fort.

On a des problèmes majeurs de corruption au québec, du crime organisé à en revendre, mais semblerait que taper sur des étudiants et intimider des activistes c’est plus important. Ah mais j’oubliais, quand celui qui paie ton salaire est corrompu, c’est plus difficile de faire ta job.

Sq, Thought Police In Quebec?

SQ, thought police in quebec?

The following story is what happened, according to Patricia Paquette, when investigators from SQ visited her at her home recently.

One morning, Patricia Paquette received a visit that she never saw coming. Around 10:30am, her 2 phones started ringing simultaneously. As she works night shifts, she is not used to receiving phone calls in the morning, and therefore thought that it must’ve been important so she checked her messages. She discovered that one of the messages was from an investigator from SQ (sureté du québec) asking her to call them back. She then called them back to find out what was happening, and the investigator then explained to her that they are going to visit her and are now on their way from the SQ headquarters.

Once the SQ arrived at her place, they asked her if she knew the reason why they were visiting – twitter was quite far from her thoughts, so she answered that she had no idea. They then proceeded to explain to her that they were there regarding Anonymous, and that they want to know her level of involvement.

So far it seemed like a simple visit as part of a routine investigation, no abnormalities, but things quickly got a bit stranger, according to Patricia. She was shown a copy of all her messages on social media sites, and told that she retweeted tweets from someone that was arrested in France on charges of hacking government websites. She was then asked how her employer would react if some tweets from her were shown to them, which had nothing to do with the current investigation. She had to point out to them that those tweets related to her job were posted by her employer at first, which shows that they didn’t really do their homework and were mostly trying to intimidate her in an attempt to fish for information.

Clearly annoyed by how unphased she was, they proceed to tell her that she should not retweet Anonymous tweets, and that next time a judge could make the call.

This is the story, as told by Patricia Paquette, while she was clearly still a bit in shock from what had happened. I don’t know about you, but, personally, I am starting to ask myself what is SQ doing with my taxpayer money.

If things happened as she said they did, it is a clear cut case of intimidation from the cops. I did not know that we had a thought police in Quebec, tasked with telling us what we should or should not retweet. I also did not know that blackmailing by threatening a person’s job and livelihood was an acceptable tactic – in fact, I’m pretty sure it’s illegal.

I am starting to wonder if they put as much pressure on corrupt politicians when they investigate them as they do on citizens expressing their views online. Probably not, judging from the almost non-existent record of high level corruption arrests in the SQ’s track record. SQ is way too busy annoying simple citizens that use twitter to express their views. Maybe someone should teach them how to internet…

Personally, I never supported attacks on government websites, or even the demands by the Quebec students, but with Law 78 and SQ acting as a political police, I have no other choice but to speak out against it. Repression is repression, whether I agree or not with the people being repressed.

In Quebec, we have been dealing with MAJOR corruption issues for years, we have large organized crime groups operating with near impunity, but it would appear that intimidating activists and beating students who protest is a higher priority. But then, when your boss is part of the corruption problem, it’s harder to serve and protect…

#AskLaurieHawn

Liens à lire: http://blogs.canada.com/2012/03/19/laurie-hawn-vs-the-internettaliban/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/tech-news/anonymous-to-asklauriehawn-to-live-up-to-debate-promise/article2400223/

Communiqué de presse pour Cananon en rapport avec la demande de Laurie Hawn de débattre Anonymous Canada et son refus d’admettre que la demande a été acceptée.

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Le 15 mars 2012 Laurie Hawn a écrit sur son compte officiel Twitter les déclarations suivantes

”Si quelqu’un est préparé pour une discussion calme et rationnelle au lieu de se cacher et d’insulter les gens 1/2”

”Je serai heureux d’arranger une rencontrer ou de discuter via email. On verra bien qui a du courage 2/2″

Les Anonymes du collectifs Cananon (http://cananon.info) ont répondus rapidement avec une lettre ouverte à Mr Hawn acceptant le défi pour un débat ouvert: http://www.cananon.info/blog/?p=18

Jake Daynes du Conseil politique du parti pirate canada à offert d’être la liaison publique pour le débat, et à même été jusqu’à donner son numéro de cellulaire à Mr Hawn pour s’assurer d’être facile à contacter. 2 semaines plus tard, Mr Hawn ignorait toujours les pressions de ses citoyens pour que le débat ait lieu, malgré le fait qu’il a lui même eu l’idée au départ.

Cananon n’a pas l’intention de laisser cela passer sans rien dire, nous contactons présentement les médias dans l’espoir qu’ils vont s’assurer que le message sera rendu public. Nous voulons aussi nous assurer qu’il est clair que Mr Hawn ne peux provoquer ses citoyens, en les traitant d’#internetTaliban pour ensuite les ignorer une fois qu’ils sont prêts à avoir un dialogue civilisé.

Les participants du Collectif Cananon trouvent cela un peu ironique que Mr Hawn utilise le mot ”immature” pour décrie Anonymous lorsqu’il est celui qui utilise des tactiques de cours d’école au lieu de répondre à l’appel pour une discussion publique civile sur les problèmes qui nous concernent.

Nous sommes des citoyens, nous ne sommes pas des terroristes. Nous voulons qu’il soit clair que nous ne supportons aucunes activitées illégales. Nous voulons aussi qu’il soit clair que nous avons beaucoup à dire à propos des tentatives par notre gouvernement conservateur d’appliquer des contrôles Orwelliens à notre internet bien aimé. Nous croyons fortement que l’internet est un des derniers bastion de la libertée d’expression, et nous croyons qu’un débat ou les 2 côtés du spectre sont bien représentés est nécessaire et pertinent.

Nous avons besoin de votre aide pour s’assurer que ceci reste dans le débat public. Nous voulons un tsunami de questions sur le futur du canada, les problèmes qui vous sont cher etc avec le hashtag #AskLaurieHawn sur le compte twitter de @pmlauriehawn

Les meilleures questions seront aussi demandées directement à Laurie Hawn par Jake Daynes au nom des canadiens, lors d’un débat public, si nous parvenons à convaincre Laurie Hawn de cesser de fuir.

Nous sommes Anonymous
Nous ne sommes pas des #InternetTaliban
Expect us.

#AskLaurieHawn

Relevant links: http://blogs.canada.com/2012/03/19/laurie-hawn-vs-the-internettaliban/

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/technology/tech-news/anonymous-to-asklauriehawn-to-live-up-to-debate-promise/article2400223/

PR release from Cananon regarding Laurie Hawn’s challenge to a debate vs Anonymous Canada and his subsequent refusal to acknowledge that the challenge was accepted.

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On March 15th 2012 MP Laurie Hawn posted the following statements on his official Twitter account:

If anyone is prepared for a calm, rational discussion on any issue, rather than hiding out of site and putting people down – 1/2

I would be happy to set up a meeting or engage over email. Guess we will see who has some courage at that point. 2/2

Anonymous from the Cananon collective (http://cananon.info) were quick to respond with an open letter to Mr Hawn accepting the challenge to an open debate: http://www.cananon.info/blog/?p=18

Jake Daynes of the Pirate Party Canada’s political council offered to be the public face in this debate, and even went as far as giving his cell phone number to Mr Hawn to arrange for it. Two weeks later, Mr Hawn was still ignoring public pressure to make this public debate happen, despite the fact that he issued the challenge in the first place.

Cananon have no intention of leaving it at that, and are now contacting the media in the hope that they will make sure that their message is conveyed to the general public. Cananon wish to make it clear that Mr. Hawn cannot provoke his citizens, by calling them the “#InternetTaliban”, and then proceed to ignore them once they accept his challenge to a civilized discussion.

Participants in the Cananon collective find it ironic that he would call Anonymous “immature”, while engaging in schoolyard type bullying and name calling, rather than responding to their call for a civilized discussion on issues that matter to them.

We are citizens. We are not terrorists. We want to make it clear that we do not stand for illegal activities. We want to make it clear that we have much to say about the current attempts by our conservative government to put Orwellian controls on our beloved Internet. We feel strongly that the Internet is one of the last bastions of true free speech in society, and we feel that a public debate where both sides of the spectrum are well represented is very much needed and relevant.

We need your help to keep this issue alive. We want to  #AskLaurieHawn, flood @mplauriehawn with your questions about the future of Canada, current issues, whatever you like. We must be noticed, and start a real debate about the issues that matter most.

The best questions will be posed to Laurie Hawn by Jake Daynes on behalf of Canadians, during an online public debate, if we can get Laurie Hawn to accept his own challenge.

We are Anonymous.
We are not the #InternetTaliban.
Expect us.

An Open Letter to Laurie Hawn

Laurie Hawn.

A response to your tweet:

“I would be happy to set up a meeting or engage over email. Guess we will see who has some courage at that point. 2/2 #InternetTaliban”

You are addressing Anonymous as if it is an organized group, but this simply is not the case. Anonymous is a culture. Unfortunately media coverage is mostly given to the more sensational and extremist videos on YouTube, such as:

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120220/hackers-anonymous-toews-20120220/

We believe in the democratic process in Canada. We believe in this country, and wish to see it remain open and free. #tellviceverything was a message from Canadians, not Anonymous. We believe that Canadians have begun to speak out against the deliberate disrespect that the Conservative Party has shown them since taking office.

No one person can speak for Anonymous as a whole. We are too diverse and decentralised.

We suggest you review videos published by McGill University Professor Gabriella Coleman. Gabriella’s coverage of our culture is widely accepted as credible.

Her contact info and video links here:
https://twitter.com/#!/biellacoleman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tB4onhtAmQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twYILZfYlp8

Not all of us hide in the shadow, http://www.cananon.info is a public site for like-minded individuals. Jake Daynes, a member who has actively attempted to contact you on twitter is one such example. Jake may be contacted via email or phone:

Jake@Piratemail.ca
778-846-3444

We invite you to accept his invitation on behalf of CanAnon to join in a livestreamed public debate on infopolicy.

You may also speak with us directly by going to our site’s web-chat: http://www.cananon.info/talk_insite.php

Why you should be concerned about bill C-30, and how it affects ALL Canadians

Bill C-30 was introduced on February 14, 2012.  It’s described as follows:
An Act to enact the Investigating and Preventing Criminal Electronic Communications Act and to amend the Criminal Code and other Acts.
Short Title (of the Bill)
Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act

The Harper government has proposed the much discussed bill C-30, which is gives sweeping powers to law enforcement, and government to access our online communications without a warrant.  They can request that your internet service provider give over all of your personal information, and communications without cause or justification.

Most of us would think that it’s no big deal, since we aren’t doing anything wrong, but do you really want someone sifting through your everyday emails to  your mother, your friends, or partners?  What happens to our privacy?

The bill is very short on specifics and doesn’t even specify what “communications” must be interception-capable, or for that matter, what “communications” are.  Mandatory subscriber information to be submitted to the authorities by the internet service providers would include the following :

  •     name and address
  •     telephone number
  •     electronic mail address
  •     Internet protocol address
  •     mobile identification number
  •     electronic serial number (ESN)
  •     local service provider identifier
  •     international mobile equipment identity (IMEI) number
  •     international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) number
  •     subscriber identity module (SIM) card number that are associated with the subscriber’s  service and equipment .

Internet service providers will have to re-work their current systems for real-time surveillance, and also could be forbidden by the courts to notify you, the subscriber, that you’ve been subject to that surveillance.

IMSI catchers can be used to capture all IMEI numbers in a geographic location so that anyone with mobile device would have this information captured. Law enforcement could use this tool to capture information all cellphones in an area – (for example, you might be attending an event of some sort, or perhaps our nation’s capital) and then require Canada’s telecom companies to disclose the corresponding names and addresses without court oversight, and again, without you ever being notified.  Public Safety Minister Vic Toews insisted that only “phone book” type information would be captured, but clearly the bill goes much farther than that.

Mr. Toews suggests that if we’re against the bill and it’s measures, then we’re on the side of child pornographers! So is Mr. Harper’s government really going to assume that if we want our privacy, we must be committing some heinous crime?  Do we have to choose to be a “child pornographer” if we don’t agree?

Two last things to note:
1.  The government under section 66 of the bill will be paying your provider a set fee for giving them the information under the provisions in sections 21 and 29.
2. Law enforcement has the right to collect ANY information they choose, and the Minister, in this case Mr. Toews, then has the right to do whatever he wishes with that information.

Fellow Canadians, this legislation raises serious concerns for our freedom of expression, and privacy.  If this bill is allowed to pass, we’ll need to monitor everything we say. Each and every conversation we have either via internet, or cell phone will be subject to scrutiny.  It has the potential to stifle our creativity, raise the costs for the businesses having to surveil us, and then pass the cost on to us for the privilege of being spied on.

Please don’t just take our word for it.  Read and educate yourselves about what’s happening to YOUR internet that YOU pay for.  Find out what your elected officials are doing, and call them account.

This is YOUR Canada, and these are YOUR elected officials.  Speak up and make your voice heard, before it’s stifled or silenced forever.

Openmedia.ca has a petition against the bill here
Write your MP

#ACTA #SOPA #PIPA #UNlawfulAccess #TPP

Dear Internet,

What most of us have known for years and what many are quickly learning, the war for information is in full swing. These days our governments are arresting citizens around the globe in the name of copyright infringement. They are attempting to restrict the wave of information streaming through the internet at all minutes of all days. During the early days of archive sites we could browse online in much the same way we browse through a library. Picking and choosing which information to ingest.

A little over 5 years ago Web 2.0 burst on to the scene and user generated content multiplied exponentially. We began sharing our stories, our hopes, our dreams, and our secrets. It wasn’t long before some of us found all kinds of “goodies” and “booty” online. Information was flowing not just between simple household users, but mega corporations and national governments.

Just think for one minute what YouTube, Skype/Livestream, Twitter, Facebook did for Television, the telephone, community bulletin boards, and the phone-book respectively. We have become ever more connected and the flow of information can no longer be detained. Information has become a commodity once again. As people begin to divert their attention from state-owned and corporate controlled media, in search for information not previously available, the fabrics of lies, greed, and corruption our governments have kept from us for so long, have begun to untangle themselves.

The people that run our governments have also noticed the global up-tick in discontent. People have started to become aware of issues and events they have never before had access to. Information, as we all can agree, can be a very powerful instrument. Why else have our governments started to extradite, enslave, and actively pursue proprietors of information on an international level?

Bradley Manning and Julian Assange are only the two most popular examples because they will set the course of actions to come. Recently MegaUpload was arrested and face extradition to the United States. This is only the beginning you see. They are passing laws of different names but with similar constructs in order to restrict our access to information. We’ve never seen our governments go after war-criminals with such zeal.

Briefing for those out of the loop:

Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ACTA
http://404systemerror.com/anti-counterfeiting-trade-agreement-acta/

On Lawful Access – Canada: Surveillance Society
http://404systemerror.com/on-lawful-access-canada-surveillance-society/

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement
https://www.eff.org/issues/tpp

We suggest something similar to OpPaperStorm but instead of ordinary people, we over-flood the streams of our MP’s with info re our stance on C11. We keep it simple. Maybe a total of 10 points that keep getting sent out to their emails, phones, twitters, answering machines…. all out attack on any means of contact. It would be a blitzkreig of opposition. We make them take a stand. If they really are interested in the issue, let them show their support of anti-draconian laws in the same way that the Polish gov and Bulgarian gov have. See below:

Acta: Polish MPs Don Guy Fawkes Masks in Protest
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/288548/20120127/acta-polish-mps-guy-fawkes-masks.htm#ixzz1lqW1ua00

Bulgarian MPs wear Guy Fawkes mask for ACTA session
http://boingboing.net/2012/02/04/bulgarian-mps-wear-guy-fawkes.html