Govt did not engage Pegasus for snooping on individual targets: Ravi Shankar PrasadAccording to reports over 120 Indians, including human right activists and other critics of the government, have been targeted as part of t...
16 Dec, 2019, 11.04 PM IST
Facebook India head appears before parliamentary panel on WhatsApp snooping issueThe parliamentary standing committee on Information Technology called the cyber security experts to hear their views on the issue of citize...
13 Dec, 2019, 10.56 PM IST
Perjury plea against WhatsApp withdrawn amid HC hearingsThe petition claimed that though WhatsApp had declared in the Indian SC that its services were encrypted, it had conceded later before a US...
03 Dec, 2019, 08.01 AM IST
Ex-RSS ideologue writes to Shashi Tharoor to fast-track data billKN Govindacharya, who recently filed a criminal writ petition in the SC after the WhatsApp-NSO alleged snooping scandal came to light, has ...
19 Nov, 2019, 07.58 AM IST
WhatsApp snooping row: Baghel orders probeChhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel seeks a probe into illegal surveillance in the state affairs through Israeli spyware Pegasus tha...
11 Nov, 2019, 04.14 PM IST
Snooping boosts government's WhatsApp traceability caseIt means anyone can now hack into a device, take control of it and use it to spread malicious rumours that are detrimental to national secu...
07 Nov, 2019, 09.19 AM IST
IT Parliamentary Panel chief Shashi Tharoor takes up snooping issueA source said that Tharoor’s letter advised members to furnish comments on his statements within 24 hours and if nothing was heard by Wedne...
06 Nov, 2019, 08.23 AM IST
Set up SIT to probe WhatsApp snooping issue, NCP tells CentreOn October 31, Facebook-owned company WhatsApp had said Indian journalists and human rights activists were among those globally spied upon ...
04 Nov, 2019, 06.25 PM IST
Two parliamentary panels to take up WhatsApp snooping caseFacebook-owned WhatsApp on Thursday said Indian journalists and human rights activists were among those globally spied upon by unnamed enti...
03 Nov, 2019, 05.39 PM IST
Was BJP Govt spying on citizens, political leaders ahead of 2019 elections, asks CongressCongress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala asked whether those sitting in the echelons of power are guilty of criminal offences and whet...
03 Nov, 2019, 04.56 PM IST
WhatsApp says alerted govt of spyware attack in September too; IT Min says past info was inadequateWhatsApp had said it is suing NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance firm, that is reportedly behind the technology that helped unnamed entitie...
03 Nov, 2019, 03.42 PM IST
If BJP or govt engaged Israeli agencies to snoop, it's gross rights violation: Priyanka GandhiHer remarks come after WhatsApp said that Indian scribes and human rights activists were among those globally spied upon by unnamed entitie...
01 Nov, 2019, 12.09 PM IST
Congress accuses government of 'snooping', urges Supreme Court to hold Centre accountable"Modi Govt caught snooping! Appalling but not Surprising! After all, BJP Govt- 1. Fought against our right to privacy. 2. Set up a multi cr...
31 Oct, 2019, 02.47 PM IST
Users free to quit WhatsApp if they don't like privacy policy: FacebookFacebook, which owns the popular messaging platform, told the Supreme Court that those who find the new privacy policy irksome or violative...
28 Apr, 2017, 09.24 AM IST
Draft encryption policy slammed by opposition partiesAAP said it was a tool for "snooping" and reflected the government's "totalitarian inclination."
22 Sep, 2015, 05.58 PM IST
Centre replicating 'Gujarat Snooping Model' at national level: CPI(M)CPI(M) today hit out at the Centre over its controversial draft encryption policy, terming it as 'Gujarat Snooping Model'.
22 Sep, 2015, 04.48 PM IST
IPL spot fixing: Messenger services and emails were trackedCops used telephonic surveillance to a large extent, they also laid their hands on e-mails, Facebook, BBM and whatsapp messages to get to t...
17 May, 2013, 10.52 AM IST