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Opinion: Bill C-22 will be a hacker's dream

Law enforcement is a noble goal but requiring data companies store every Canadian's internet activity for six months invites disaster

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Omar Abdulaziz left Saudi Arabia in 2014, built a new life in Montreal and became one of the most prominent Saudi opposition voices outside the kingdom, as well as a close confidant of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. In 2018 his phone was infected with Pegasus spyware, which was traced to a Saudi-linked operator and likely played a role in the chain of events that led to Khashoggi’s murder. Despite Abdulaziz seeking safety in Canada, his persecutors found him anyway.

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