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Canada Spies on Airport Travelers

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Using WiFi to track travelers.

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Aaron Harris/Reuters

Now there’s a reason to hate airport WiFi more than ever. A new document from NSA leaker Edward Snowden shows Canada’s electronic spy agency using the free Internet service at a major airport to track the devices of passengers. Speaking out about the incident, one expert said the Communicationa Security Establishment Canada's (CSEC), actions were almost surely illegal. "I can't see any circumstance in which this would not be unlawful, under current Canadian law, under our Charter, under CSEC's mandates," he siad.

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