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Sonia Gandhi terms WhatsApp 'snooping' illegal, shameful; Randeep Surjewala asks Centre to reveal 'who bought' Pegasus spyware
• 5 years agoCongress leaders slammed the government over WhatsApp spying incident with party president Sonia Gandhi dubbing the 'snooping' on activists, journalists and political persons as illegal, unconstitutional and shameful
WhatsApp claims it informed authorities about vulnerability in May 2019; govt sources say advisory full of 'technical jargon'
Fp Staff • 5 years agoWhatsApp claims it informed the Government of India about hacking in May 2019, however, government sources claim it was 'pure technical jargon' and didn't mention Pegasus spyware
WhatsApp hack: Congress should wait for facts to emerge rather than float conspiracy theories about Modi govt snooping
Sreemoy Talukdar • 5 years agoThere are a lot of unanswered questions and loopholes in the narrative, but that hasn’t stopped the Congress from accusing the BJP-led NDA government of snooping and calling on the Supreme Court to take suo motu cognisance of these “illegal activities” and “hold the government to account”.
Pegasus spyware infected 45 countries between 2016 and 2018, targeted eight Indian telcos, shows Citizen Lab report
Fp Staff • 5 years agoCitizen Lab had last year released findings about the reach and scope of Pegasus. This is the very same spyware that was used to carry out surveillance on at least 19 Indians earlier this year
Government agencies may be behind WhatsApp 'snooping' of journalists, activists, claims NCP's Dhananjay Munde in letter to Maharashtra guv
• 5 years agoCondemning the "snooping" of Indian journalists and human right activists through WhatsApp, NCP leader Dhananjay Munde on Thursday wrote to Maharashtra governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, seeking steps to stop such spying activities
Arun Jaitley lauds NIA for busting Islamic State module, defends MHA order on surveillance of computers
• 6 years agoFinance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday lauded the NIA for busting an alleged Islamic State terror plot and defended a recent government order authorising investigative agencies to monitor any computer
Govt in talks to make amendments to Sec 79 of IT Act to include breaking end to end encryption
Tech2 News Staff • 6 years agoThe more alarming amendment is the requirement to break end-to-end encryption so that origin of messages can be traced.
MHA notification: Arun Jaitley dismisses charges of snooping, says Congress making mountain 'where even molehill doesn't exist'
• 6 years agoUnion Minister Arun Jaitley hit back saying the Congress was crying foul over powers created by it when it was in government.
MHA says 'snooping order' based on UPA-era IT rules, no new powers conferred on any security agencies
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe MHA has authorised 10 central agencies, including the IB, CBI, and ED to intercept, monitor, and decrypt "any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer" for national security
Privacy row: Supreme Court and Indian govt must play net nannies to protect gullible users from Facebook
Narayanan Madhavan • 8 years agoboth the government and the highest court of the land must step in to protect legitimate citizen rights by being pro-active and informed — something unsuspecting smartphone users are not good at as the digital explosion creates a new divide between the “knows” and the “know-nots”