Shared Security Podcast
Shared Security Podcast
Tom Eston, Scott Wright, Kevin Tackett
Canada’s Bill C-22: Encryption, Lawful Access, and Systemic Risk
14 minutes Posted Oct 19, 2026 at 4:00 am.
Lawful Access, Encryption, and Systemic Security Risk
Intro: Bill C-22 & Encryption
Guest Introduction
The Encryption Backdoor Debate
Mozilla Article & FBI-Apple Case
Implementation & Systemic Vulnerability
International Comparisons
Traditional Police Work & Data Access
Outro & Call to Action
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Show notes
Canada’s Bill C-22 tries to frame lawful access as a bounded public-safety tool, but its technical-capability requirements keep the central encryption question alive: can exceptional access exist without creating a security weakness that someone else will eventually exploit?