C-22 is getting buzz.
But everyone has it wrong.
Firstly, C-22 is bad.
Scrap it.
But this goes far deeper.
The centralized platforms you see complaining loudest, are also the problem.
Centralized software requires gov permission to operate.
Decentralized networks do not.
Bitcoin
Nostr
BitChat
Tor
Meshcore
All can operate with or without gov permission. There's nothing gov can do to stop them (at a software level). This is by design. There's no single point of failure.
They just ignore C-22 and keep operating.
The entities affected most by C-22, are showing the very weaknesses of their architecture.
This matters, because Canada is under sovereign threat (yes, still).
So right now, software/hardware resilience is priority 1.
Software that cannot be compelled by a domestic gov.....also cannot be compelled by an American one.
That's true digital sovereignty.
And right now, Canada doesn't have that.
The majority of the software we use is US controlled. Which is already being raided (Reddit/Discord), and subject to far worse US laws like the Cloud Act, Patriot Act, and a rogue president with hostile totalitarian tendencies.
This is the threat to Canadians.
For example, US big tech has already been compelled to give up your data to the US gov, without even notifying that they did.
Even as a Canadian.
This has already happened!
And you've already been living under this since at least 2018!
What use is that data?
Surveillance is the tip of the modern kill chain: Cyber -> Satellite -> Air Strike. The end.
Dislike Trump?
If we go to war, this could be you.
This is serious.
When a country threatens you, removing these vectors is key. Even if it creates other domestic gaps.
So resilient, sovereign, decentralized software is critical for Canadian sovereignty. It also strongly aids a civil defense force (the 300k mentioned recently).
So yes, scrap C-22 and dumb laws like it.
But build and use software that can't be affected by it in the first place.