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RSS FeedsThousands of bystanders caught in Toronto police sweep of cellphone data
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24 march 2019 14:23:30

 
Thousands of bystanders caught in Toronto police sweep of cellphone data
(The Star Movies)
 


Toronto police and RCMP officers deploying controversial “Stingray” surveillance technology over a two-month period swept up identifying cellphone data on more than 20,000 bystanders at malls, public parks and even a children’s toy store.As police sought cellphone data for 11 suspects in a 2014 investigation, they deployed a Stingray — also known as an IMSI catcher — at three dozen locations, including the middle of Yorkville, at the Dufferin Mall, at Vaughan Mills Mall, near Trinity Bellwoods Park, near Kensington Market, and at a Toys ‘R’ Us store in Richmond Hill. Raw data logs for the devices used in the investigation offer an unprecedented look at the scope of this technology. IMSI catchers capture unique identifiers — including an International Mobile Subscriber Identity, or IMSI — from all cellphones in a given location.Police use the data to identify suspects’ cellphones. But IMSI catchers are controversial because they capture the data of unsuspecting citizens, and because police have kept the powerful technology shrouded in secrecy. “If we believe that we all deserve to move through our cities untracked by the state, then we have to at least have a public conversation about whether a tool that captures information about hundreds or even thousands of people while searching for one is something that accords with our values,” says Brenda McPhail, director of the privacy, technology and surveillance project at the Canadian Civil Liberties Association.Canadian police forces and agencies have actively suppressed operational details about IMSI catchers, and for years would not confirm they even owned any. The RCMP first acknowledged they did in 2017, more than a decade after first acquiring them. In 2018, three years after denying the force had ever used the devices, Toronto police admitted to deploying them in five separate investigations. The 2014 case, a major drugs and guns investigat ...


 
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