Ontario police secretly deploy phone spyware that captures keystrokes, screenshots, and encrypted messages without user knowledge in major criminal cases.
They don’t use it as admissible evidence, they use it to find out whether someone is worth pursuing in legitimate ways that are more time and effort intensive.
That type of investigation would still require a warrant or exigent circumstances at the minimum. Otherwise it’s just fishing…which is a violation of Canada’s privacy laws. They can’t just go rooting through someone’s phone looking for a reason to pursue further investigation.
Good luck making that stand up in court. They may as well be handing out “get-out-of-jail-free” cards.
They don’t use it as admissible evidence, they use it to find out whether someone is worth pursuing in legitimate ways that are more time and effort intensive.
That type of investigation would still require a warrant or exigent circumstances at the minimum. Otherwise it’s just fishing…which is a violation of Canada’s privacy laws. They can’t just go rooting through someone’s phone looking for a reason to pursue further investigation.
The article itself mentions how it is a loophole in the privacy laws
Aah. I missed this part on my first reading…
This would be used on suspects that they have a warrant to investigate.