Ontario police are using spyware that lets them remotely take over your smartphone

Ontario police are using spyware that lets them remotely take over your smartphone. They’re fighting to keep almost everything about it secret

The police use of ODITs is so secret that police forces have signed agreements to drop serious criminal investigations rather than reveal the name of their vendor.

Ontario Police Are Secretly Using Spyware That Can Hack Into Your Phone, Report Says

Ontario police forces are deploying commercial spyware that can remotely take over a suspect’s smartphone — reading encrypted messages, activating microphones and cameras, and logging every keystroke — and fighting to keep nearly every detail about the technology hidden from courts, defence lawyers, and the public. An exclusive Toronto Star investigation published on Tuesday reveals the tools, known as on-device investigative tools (ODITs), go f…

Ontario Police Would Rather Drop Cases Than Reveal Their Phone-Hacking Spyware

Ontario Provincial Police are using powerful phone-hacking spyware to get inside suspects' devices, and they are so determined to keep the tech secret that they are willing to let major criminal cases collapse rather than reveal how it works. According to a Toronto Star report, a court document filed in Windsor Superior Court shows the