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

https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/ontario-police-are-using-spyware-that-lets-them-remotely-take-over-your-smartphone-theyre-fighting-to-keep-almost-everything-about-it-secret/article_56ef6906-4008-48ec-8b4c-d56e57a00ea5.html

BET YOU YOU KNEW I COULDN’T RESIST MY 5 CENTS WORTH…

SO HERE GOES…

  1. RIGHT OFF THE BAT… JUST ABOUT ALL ELECTRONIC DEVICES OF ONE KIND OR ANOTHER IS BUGGED AND TRACKED IN SOME WAY SHAPE OR FORM…
  2. SOFTWARE BUGS ALLOWS EVEN HACKERS TO COMPROMISE DEVICES… SO HEADS UP REAR ENDS THINKING YOU’RE SAFE IS LIKE SPENDING TIME IN A DARK ROOM… LIGHTS OUT
  3. NOT SURPRISED IN THE LEAST BIT… EXPECTED THIS FROM THE GET GO WELL OVER 50 YEARS AGO GETTING INTO CODING AND COMPUTERS
  4. AI WILL MAKE THIS LOOK LIKE THE STONE AGE… MARK MY WORDS
  5. SOFTWARE IN QUESTION IS MOST LIKELY AN APP THAT IS DOWNLOADED AND SETUP AS A BOOBY TRAP… GOTTA YA… THE APP JUST HAPPENS TO BE THE ONE YOU NEED TO RAZZLE DAZZLE YOUR WAY AROUND THINGS OF INTEREST TO YOU…
  6. MOST LIKELY, ABSOLUTELY… BIG SOFTWARE GUYS ARE IN ON IT TOO
  7. NOW HERE’S THE KICKER… THE CAT & MOUSE THING HAS BEEN GOING ON EVER SINCE LAW AND ORDER AND BAD GUYS HAVE BEEN AROUND… THIS IS JUST ANOTHER SET OF TOOLS, ALBEIT SOPHISTICATED AT THAT
  8. IN TRUTH, I DON’T BLAME LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RESORTING TO THESE TYPES OF METHODS…
  9. AS LONG AS… IT CAN BE JUSTIFIED THAT THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND SAFETY IS THE NUMBER ONE PARAMOUNT JUSTIFICATION FOR ITS USE… CATCH BAD GUYS DOING THEIR THING ALMOST RED HANDED
  10. THAT SAID… SPYING ON THE AVERAGE JOE BLOW NOT COMMITTING CRIMINAL ACTS, BUT MAYBE SOMEWHAT IN QUESTION IS A NO BRAINER… SHOULD BE TOTALLY HANDS OFF AND LET THINGS BE… THERE’S A REASON WE HAVE CONSTITUTIONS AND RIGHTS ARE SPELLED OUT LOUD AND CLEAR
  11. IF THESE METHODS ARE ABUSED, THEN HELL YES… COURTS SHOULD DO WHAT THEY DO BEST… JUDGES ARE THE BEST LINE OF DEFENCE AS LONG AS THEY’RE NOT ON A FREE TICKET TO RIDE SIDING WITH BREACHES OF RIGHTS, METHODS USED AND CLEAR ABUSE OF PROCESS AND THE LAW
  12. LAST… I WOULD RATHER HAVE THIS GOING ON THAN HAVING SOME NUTCASE… LET’S SAY FOR ARGUMENT’S SAKE… FROM IRAN DISCUSSING THE USE OF NUKES AND TERRORIST ATTACKS…
  13. LAW & ORDER IS USED TO SERVE AND PROTECT, THE RIGHT WAY !!!

AND FOR THE RECORD… IF YOU KNOW OR HAVE A SENSE OF BEING TRACKED THESE DAYS… WHO DOESN’T WITH CREEPY AI EVERYWHERE AND CAMERAS…

SETUP YOUR OWN TRAPS…

MY MINEFIELD WAS LAID A LONG TIME AGO…

JUST FINISHED ONE LAST NIGHT

WORKS BOTH WAYS

YOU HAVE TO USE THOSE NEURONS TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE NOT TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AND GETTING YOURSELVES INTO TROUBLE BY GIVING ANYONE TRACKING YOU THE GO AHEAD

IF YOU STAND THERE, SHOUT AND SCREAM TO HIGH HEAVEN, IT WON’T MAKE A DIFFERENCE…

DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT DOES

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