WhatsApp-rival signal hit the Indian government by saying that recent surveillance efforts have an interesting coincidence with the new IT policy of the government to “weaken encryption” on the private chat platform.
Quoting a large expose around the use of spyware Pegasus NSO groups based in Israel to lurking journalists, political opponents and activists made by Washington Post and 16 media partners, the messaging application that focuses on privacy, from the official handle tweeted, “it looks like the Indian government in silence -Diam strives to describe the political opposition parties, journalists, activists, scholars, and trade unions.
It is an interesting coincidence that they have also advocated laws to weaken the recent encryption! “It seems that the Indian government secretly tried to oversee the political opposition party , Journalist, …
https://t.co/i3qrfuzjrb- Signal (@Signalapp) 1626742801000tracing source message: WhatsApp vs The Indian Government owned by WhatsApp is against the lawsuit of new indian government intermediary guidelines and digital media ethics set 2021 ‘who want platform encrypted chat end to the end like WhatsApp to reveal the origins of certain messages y Ang exchanged on the platform.
According to WhatsApp, discloses encrypted chat sources or employs traceability violates the basic rights of users for privacy.
WhatsApp claims that to activate “traceness”, they will end up to break end to end encryption – which is the main USP.
Encryption offers privacy to users but if the government can read messages and see who sends what users use the user then there will be no privacy remaining on the platform.
On the other hand, according to the government, is not interested in reading the user’s personal chat but the requirements for tracking the origin of the WhatsApp message is for prevention, investigation or penalties from very serious violations related to “Indian sovereignty and integrity”.
The government said that the new IT rules were made for the public interest and by refusing to follow them, whatsapp avoided responsibility.
The new IT rules apply to signals, telegrams and other encrypted chat platforms as Wellsoon after WhatsApp announces its new controversial privacy policy, many WhatsApp users in India shift to the message application or telegram, fear of privacy violations.
The signal and telegram have seen the many entry of users in India.
After saying that, if WhatsApp was forced to follow the new rules, rivals such as signals, telegras and others also had to follow them.
The new IT rule is not only for WhatsApp.
This applies to all large social media platforms.
The platform with 50 lakh registered users is considered ‘significant social media intermediary’ in India.
“It is necessary to note that the rules for tracking the first information trigger are mandatory for each and each significant intermediary for social media, regardless of their operating method,” according to the government’s statement on May 2021.