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OTTAWA (LifeSiteNews) – Canadian MPs sounded the alarm regarding one’s privacy after they learned that the country’s top police force has been using spyware that can turn on or off a person’s phone camera or microphone at will.
MPs of the House of Commons ethics committee raised the issue regarding personal privacy at the same time Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Commissioner Brenda Lucki would not disclose whether the spyware was used to target politicians.
As reported by Blacklock’s Reporter, members of the House of Commons ethics committee were rightly concerned after learning the RCMP had been spying on people via their phones.
MPs had just learned about the spying practice after Canada’s House of Commons tabled cabinet documents.
In a June 22 Inquiry of Ministry, the RCMP said the spyware could be used to “covertly and remotely obtain data from targeted computing devices.”
This included emails, photos, video, and “audio recordings of private communications.” It even included
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