Canadian spy agency CSE is monitoring our private online activities on a massive scale and sharing sensitive data with other governments
Canadian spy agency has been caught monitoring over 100 popular file-storage websites, spying on millions of downloads a day, with Canadian Internet addresses among the targets.
VANCOUVER, Jan. 28, 2015 /CNW/ - Canadian spy agency CSE is indiscriminately monitoring the private online activities of millions of Internet users, including Canadians. According to CBC News and The Intercept, CSE monitored over 100 popular file hosting websites, including RapidShare and SendSpace, spying on millions of downloads a day.
The program, named LEVITATION, dates back to at least 2012, while Peter MacKay was the Defence Minister responsible for CSE. The news breaks as MacKay, now Justice Minister, prepares to announce new measures to undermine Canadians' privacy in legislation expected to be unveiled on Friday.
"CSE is clearly spying on the private online activities of millions of innocent people, including Canadians, despite repeated government assurances to the contrary", said OpenMedia.ca communications manager David Christopher. "Law-abiding Internet users who use popular file hosting services are now finding themselves under the government's microscope."
SOURCE OpenMedia.ca
David Christopher, Communications Manager, OpenMedia, 1-778-232-1858, [email protected]
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