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by jmclnx 1156 days ago
I wish I could laugh, seems the US, UK and Australia are in a competition to see who can out do each other.

What is it with English Speaking Countries ? I guess Canada is OK because of Quebec keeps them sane :)

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> What is it with English Speaking Countries ?

Legal systems based on common-law?

Canada has the same shit, NZ too.
Apparently not for the Canadian case:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_disclosure_law#Canada

>In a 2010 Quebec Court of Appeal case the court stated that a password compelled from an individual by law enforcement "is inadmissible and that renders the subsequent seizure of the data unreasonable

Quebec for the win :)

France and Belgium also have similar laws backed by imprisonment