Looks like everybody who's anybody has got a set of hacking tools in Canada. Well, at least in terms of the federal government. Documents obtained by the CBC shed some light on the prevalence of phone-cracking tech within the government. And what that light shows isn't all that flattering. Tools capable of extracting personal data…
After Apple introduced a software update allowing iPhone users to share contact information wirelessly, social media users and US law enforcement agencies warned it could pose a privacy risk. This is missing context; the NameDrop feature in iOS 17 only works when devices are unlocked and users press a button to share their data, which security researchers say makes inadvertent leaks unlikely.
Spyware normally associated with the intelligence world is being used by 13 federal departments and agencies, Radio-Canada has learned, but none of them are conducting privacy assessments despite a government directive.