The emergence of countersurveillance technology, like encryption, is being used by criminal actors and bad actors who are trying to undermine public safety and national security. It is through the detection of those countersurveillance techniques and technologies that law enforcement and RCMP have had to help and utilize other techniques to make sure that we can bring to justice those who are trying to do harm to Canadians.
It's very difficult. It's complex work. But there are protections that are built into place, including tests under the law and other transparency mechanisms, so that we can accomplish that balance.