Pegasus Affair

20th evening, one line taken across news channels, is that the targetted person should go to court or file an FIR. and that we have a robust legal system. The issue is individual would like to get their personal devices to the system,  which would directly play into the hands of the government to hand them strategic information if they are a political party or have economic interests.  After the arsenal report, all of them would fear that other documents would be found, just like the BK 16.

P K D Nambiar: in Reality Check 20-7-21 https://youtube.com/embed/6CcgEeufY_w?start=778&end=945 

Shashi Tharoor Speaks to The Wire on Snooping on Rahul Gandhi | Pegasus | NSO | Spyware Target https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYef9RwlgXs 20/7/2021 Under the IT act 2000. Sec 43 and Sec 66 prohibits the insertion of malware in any computer, phone and mobile devices punishable upto three years improsement and five lakhs fine.   If govt also authorises any interception, it cannot be sustainable against people like journalists,except on the ground of national security. 

Pegasus Used In Karnataka To Collapse Our Government, Says Congress | The News  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-3MPnIfTWQ 20/7/2021  Phone numbers linked to the Janata Dal Secular-Congress government in Karnataka were possible targets for surveillance in 2019, at a time when the ruling coalition collapsed and the BS Yediyurappa-led BJP took power, the Wire has said in the latest revelations connected to Israeli spyware "Pegasus". The Wire report links the fall of the JDS-Congress government in July 2019 and the BJP's takeover to alleged snooping, though there is no evidence to establish whether phones were hacked.

Section 33:  https://indiankanoon.org/doc/39800/ 

Sec 66: https://indiankanoon.org/doc/326206/

Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor, 2 Union Ministers Among Pegasus 'Targets'  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXYOVhupuuA 

Pegasus Spyware: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, election strategist Prashant Kishor and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw are the big names revealed as potential targets of Israeli spyware 'Pegasus' in explosive revelations involving the alleged surveillance of phones.  Also Ashok Lavasa..

Pegasus Spying Explained | Why this is a big attack on Democracy | The Deshbhakt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwQUtSQWS3k

Prime Time With Ravish Kumar: Decoding The Pegasus Scandal  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qyr31tZEWLk Jul 19, 2021 Phone numbers of Indian ministers, opposition leaders and journalists have been found on a database of targets for hacking that used Israeli spyware 'Pegasus' - only available to governments - reported

Sushant Singh says which stories he was working on during 2018. Chilling effect on sources for stories..