Encrypted Email Service Denies Accused RCMP Leaker’s Claim It Has Intelligence Ties

Encrypted Email Service Denies Accused RCMP Leaker’s Claim It Has Intelligence Ties
Cameron Ortis arrives to the Ottawa Courthouse in Ottawa on Nov. 3, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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A company that provides encrypted email service is disputing a former RCMP official’s claim it secretly worked on behalf of an intelligence agency.

Cameron Jay Ortis testified in Ontario Superior Court that a foreign ally told him of a plan to encourage targets to begin using Tutanota, an online encryption service that he called a “storefront” operation created by intelligence agents to snoop on adversaries.