News: Canada Police now need a warrant to get a person's IP address, Supreme Court rules

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This ruling came out of left field. Rare privacy win

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They didn’t before? :thinking::sob::sob:

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They didn’t before? :thinking::sob::sob:

uh…no? Most western countries do not require warrants for simply recording IP addresses. Canada is apparently now one of the few that does

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Recording is different from actually using it for a case, no?

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Recording is different from actually using it for a case, no?

ISPs record. That is no problem in Canada or any state really. But, police can, and often do, ask ISPs for IP logs. This is common in most western countries. But today, the SC of Canada declared that police asking ISPs for info, without a court warrant, is against the law

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Nicee

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Them crazy canucks :slight_smile:

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Certainly not common here in Portugal, a warrant is required. There’s a huge constitutional problem with ISPs recording them to begin with. The law allowing that to happen was ruled unconstitutional years ago and so have thus far the multiple legislative proposals meant to replace it