Interesting comment
on Slashdot in response to Canada trying to pass legislation
which would require ISPs to have interception capability (ie snooping) with any new technology deployed. The Bill would also require ISPs to hand over subscriber information when asked without judicial oversight.
The story wasn't what caught my eye, but
this comment
;
Need a law to create "intercept legislation". Some of us techies know it as "packet sniffers" .This is the Ratification Model that I have written about on SSR in the past. The Ratification Model would put sortitionists between Parliament and the Governor-General. They would be chosen, anonymously, from bill to bill. A kind of secret ballot for a jury of citizens for each piece of legislation that has to pass. The Ratifiers would not be able to vote yes for a bill, they can only abstain or vote no. This is to stop repugnant legislation which majority and super-majority parties can push through parliamentary systems. It allows the citizens to halt truly and reject repugnant bills.
