Bhima Koregaon lawyer claims his phone was hacked using Pegasus, asks SC to examine it

Advocate Nihal Singh Rathod said that he was informed by WhatsApp of the sypware’s presence on his device.

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· Jan 10, 2022 · 10:46 am

Tell us if your devices were targeted by Pegasus spyware, Supreme Court panel tells citizens

Persons can write to the investigation panel with proof of hacking by noon on January 7.

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· Jan 02, 2022 · 07:09 pm

No proposal to ban Pegasus-maker NSO Group, Centre tells Parliament

Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar did not provide a reason for not banning the Israeli cybersecurity firm.

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· Dec 03, 2021 · 06:36 pm

‘Sinister form of censorship’: India’s ‘cyber volunteer’ programme pits citizens against each other

The project to flag unlawful online content risks turning the country into a surveillance state.

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· Dec 02, 2021 · 01:30 pm

‘Hyderabad on the brink of becoming a total surveillance city,’ says Amnesty International

The organisation has asked the government to stop using facial recognition technology for mass surveillance in India.

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· Nov 10, 2021 · 11:22 pm

Pegasus spyware can only be sold to governments, says Israel’s envoy to India

Naor Gilon’s comments came after the Supreme Court formed a committee to probe allegations that the Modi government used Pegasus for illegal surveillance.

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· Oct 29, 2021 · 11:09 am

No ‘free pass’ for ‘national security concerns’: How SC rejected Centre’s arguments on Pegasus

In its order on October 27, the Supreme Court formed a technical committee to investigate the issues in the Pegasus case.

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· Oct 27, 2021 · 08:57 pm

Pegasus row: Congress will push for a Parliament debate, says Rahul Gandhi after SC order

The Supreme Court said that in a democratic country, ‘indiscriminate spying on individuals’ cannot be allowed without following the procedures.

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· Oct 27, 2021 · 07:07 pm

SC orders probe into Pegasus allegations, says Centre can’t get a free pass citing national security

The chief justice said the government had not specifically denied the allegations that it had used the spyware developed by an Israeli company.

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· Oct 27, 2021 · 10:59 am

Pegasus case: SC to set up a technical panel to probe surveillance allegations

The order was delayed as some experts had said they would not be able to join the committee due to personal reasons, the chief justice said.

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· Sep 23, 2021 · 01:13 pm

Pegasus: Centre refuses to file affidavit in SC on surveillance allegations, cites national security

The SC said national security was not related to the case, and that it only wanted to know if the surveillance was ‘done to see if it’s permissible under law’.

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· Sep 13, 2021 · 12:22 pm

IT rules: Delhi HC seeks Centre’s reply on WhatsApp’s plea against message traceability clause

The company has argued in favour of protecting people’s fundamental right to privacy.

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· Aug 27, 2021 · 04:54 pm