Toronto - A secret
document leaked by U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden shows Canada’s electronic
spy agency used information gleaned from a free internet service at a Canadian
airport to track the wireless devices of thousands of airline passengers.
The Canadian Broadcast Corporation said Friday that the
report indicates the Communications Security Establishment Canada was given
information taken from wireless devices using the airport’s Wi-Fi system over a
two-week period.
It’s not clear which airport was involved.
The spy agency is supposed to collect primarily foreign
intelligence by intercepting overseas phone and internet traffic. It is
prohibited by law from targeting Canadians without a judicial warrant.
The agency’s spokeswoman Lauri Sullivan says no Canadian or
foreign travelers were tracked or targeted and no information was collected or
used.
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