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CSEC - wifi tracking

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1. CBC is reporting that the Canadian Security agency(CSEC) is tracking traveller's going through using some of Canada's major airports by using the free wifi service offered up at the airport's terminal.

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1. ] CSEC used airport Wi-Fi to track Canadian travellers:Edward Snowden documents - Politics - CBC News
   1. ] By Greg Weston, Glenn Greenwald, Ryan Gallagher, CBC News Posted: Jan 30, 2014 8:59 PM ET
2. ] After reviewing the document, one of Canada's foremost authorities on cyber-security says the clandestine operation by the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) was almost certainly illegal. Ronald Deibert told CBC News: "I can't see any circumstance in which this would not be unlawful, under current Canadian law, under our Charter, under CSEC's mandates."
3. ] CSEC airport wifi tracking document(redacted)
1. http://www.cbc.ca/news2/pdf/airports_redacted.pdf

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