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WhatsApp Snooping with Pegasus Spyware - Coggle Diagram
WhatsApp Snooping with Pegasus Spyware
Pegasus
Attacker has complete access to the target user’s phone
It spares no aspect of a person’s identity
It does not even require a target user to click a link
It can even control the phone’s camera and device’s location data
Israeli spyware used to hack WhatsApp
Dysfunctions
Created
Individual safety
Self-Censorship
Curbing Dissent
Mass surveillance
Privacy breach
National security
No oversight
Snooping in India:
Legality check
Information Technology
Act, 2000
electronic communication
Telegraph Act, 1885
deals with interception of phone calls
Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019
Cybersecurity safeguards in India
Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)
Budapest Convention (India isnt' a signatory)
National Cyber Security Policy, 2013
Cyber Surakshit Bharat Initiative, 2018
Cyber Swachhta Kendra, 2017
Way forward
Judicial oversight over surveillance systems
Upholding individual right to privacy
India is not a India surveillance state
Comprehensive cyber security policy
There should be some reasonable basis or some tangible evidence
Expert Committee’s
Findings
Malware was found in some phones
Limited data available made it inconclusive to determine Pegasus use.
Centre did not cooperate with the committee
Identified threats to national security and private confidential information.
Did not find conclusive evidence of Pegasus use