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Canada's privacy watchdog is pushing the Senate to go further in amending the Liberal government's lawful access bill, legislation that would make it significantly easier for police and intelligence officials to intercept private communications. Critics say the current version tips the balance too far away from civil liberties, and that pressure appears to be building on Parliament Hill.
Across the border, the Supreme Court handed Donald Trump a loss on the eve of the midterm elections, rejecting an emergency request from his Justice Department to set aside roughly twenty thousand California mail-in ballots. The court declined without comment, leaving the ballots in play and closing off what critics called a last-minute attempt to suppress votes in a deep blue state.
And in a quieter corner of the tech world, a platform engineer published a thoughtful piece walking through how they would actually answer their own interview question. It's a small story, but it speaks to something real in the industry right now, a growing conversation about whether the questions we ask candidates actually reveal anything useful about how engineers think on the job.
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