Concerns raised by privacy groups amid RCMP spyware revelation

Mike Le Couteur has more as Canada's privacy commissioner is calling for new laws after the RCMP revealed its using spyware capable of accessing cell phone and computers.

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38 comments

  1. Remember in batman: the dark knight when Morgan Freeman stopped helping batman when he chose to tap into everyone’s phone cameras and mics because it was a giant breach of privacy and unethical? Asking for a friend.

  2. Why can’t they use this on their own officers – to identify the ones who perpetrate the toxic culture as identified in the Broken Lives Broken Dreams Report…

    1. @Avarosa they’re called “local law enforcement”….rcmp are federal and shouldn’t be doing “local” city work.
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      keep the police……ditch the rcmp.

    2. @Jack Sprat Thanks, the Quebec police I forgot about, didn’t know NF had one though.
      Still should disband the RC’s and put in provincial police. As I stated before, the RC’s only protect the interests of the government.

  3. interesting how they all protect, defend and absolve themselves by the judicial jurisdiction thing (ie judges put in place by the very system that grants them the right to such ethical abuse of power); it’s as if they still do not understand that human laws are not justice. laws are ritualistic practices fabricated for the purpose of preserving a certain benefit, condition, way of being … usually for the profit of a select few. human laws are thus corrupt in substance. justice however is pure and universal and true and eternal. though humans have thousands upon thousands of laws, they never knew justice even once.

  4. It’s almost as if the government shouldn’t have the ability to interfere in the lives of citizens unless they violate the rights of others. 🤷🏻‍♂️

    Now if only the average Canadian was intelligent enough to stop giving the government these powers.

  5. All this talk does nothing when do we get to doing something. The RCMP need to be afraid of the citizens, Not the other way around.

  6. Just imagine if the government can do this to an ex president. Just imagine what they can do to a normal citizen??? CANADIAN MUST BEWARE OF TRUDEAU 🤣🤣🤣

  7. They can TURN ON your mic AND your CAMERA. This WILL be abused – can you imagine what a “rogue” policeman could do to his ENEMIES?

  8. Best target app to put spyware on is the TimHortons’ and McDonalds’ mobile app. Over a month ago, it was mentioned in the news TimHortons’ already collected extra metadata that wasn’t even related&necessary for ordering thru mobile transactions. Something similar to the NSA backdoor that was found in the communication protocol for most of the Microsoft OS since the 90s. The RCMP likely made it as widespread in affecting as much mobile apps as possible, there’s probably a built-in backdoor or unfixed security flaw in the location&transaction processes in most apps that secretly harvests&transmits that extra metadata.

  9. Never forget they knew everyone who donated to the Truckers and froze their banks accounts. Yet can’t find human traffickers, pedophiles, drug lords, etc. Let that sink in.

  10. If we dont want more boots on the ground, Intel-gathering is just a must. I dont like it, its creepy. But oversight committees need to be put in place, to hold this system(s) in balance.

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