Koumbit takes a stand against data retention
Since the United States (with its infamous Patriot Act) and Europe are on a fast track towards a surveillance state, Canada is unlikely to remain immune to such a fate. As a politically conscious hosting services provider, Koumbit thus adopted the RiseUp Collective Manifesto, written for the Global Day of Action against Data Retention (Oct. 11, 2008):
The communication networks of the coming decades are being built now, and we have an important decision to make: will the infrastructure of the future be one that supports freedom or one that is designed to facilitate surveillance and control?
