Recent revelations in a Montreal court case that police are using electronic tools to scoop up mobile phone signals have prompted some experts to call for greater transparency in the approval and use of technologies that potentially violate privacy.

Source: CBC

Date: September 22nd, 2016

Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/government-surveillance-rules-rcmp-csis-1.3769014

Discussion

1) Should the RCMP have to tell the public what sort of surveillance it is doing?

2) How would this help the public?