Canada's outdated laws leave spyware oversight dangerously weak, analysis finds
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by Sabreena DelhonBéatrice WayneAlex MacIsaac
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This article examines Canada's weak oversight of the mercenary spyware industry, highlighting how advanced surveillance tools like NSO Group's Pegasus can covertly access cellphone data without user interaction. It notes that Pegasus was found on the phone of a Canadian resident and Saudi activist in 2018, who was in contact with journalist Jamal Khashoggi. The piece argues that Canada's outdated laws leave the country vulnerable to spyware abuses and fail to protect citizens and residents from such surveillance threats.
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The technology notoriously facilitates human rights abuses worldwide.
In Canada, NSO Group's Pegasus was forensically identified in 2018 on the phone of a Canadian permanent resident and Saudi activist in exile, Omar Abdulaziz, who had been messaging with a close contact, Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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