CONTEXT :
IT
Minister should answer if govt acquired Pegasus spyware: Chidambaram /
MoneyControl
Extract :
“ The Minister should answer a simple question:
Did the government acquire the Pegasus software/spyware?" he added.
Rahul
Gandhi Selected as Potential Spyware Target in Run Up to
2019 Polls and After / The Wire
Extract :
Ø In a sign that intrusive surveillance
technologies are perhaps being deployed to
gather information about the principal opposition party, The Wire and its media partners in the Pegasus Project can
confirm that at least two mobile phone accounts used by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi were among
300 verified Indian numbers listed as potential targets by an official Indian
client of the Israeli surveillance technology vendor, NSO Group.
Extract
:
Ø In fact, the Pegasus list
reportedly has also names of two ministers in the Union Government including
Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who had
earlier said today in Lok Sabha that there was no substance in Pegasus Project
report
Ø In the absence of forensics, it is not possible to conclusively establish
whether Pegasus was deployed against Rahul Gandhi
Dear
Shri Ashwini Vaishnawji ……..( av.odisha@sansad.nic.in )
Shri Shri
Kiren Rijiju …… …..( kiren.rijiju@sansad.nic.in )
Shri Anurag Singh Thakur
…( anuragthakur.mp@sansad.nic.in )
Dr. Jitendra Singh ……………..( drjitendras@gmail.com
)
Ø
Governments around the World, have been using ( mostly highly secret )
SURVEILLANCE technologies , for past many decades
Ø Most governments claim that they are deploying these technologies to
safeguard NATIONAL INTEREST
Ø In all countries, even opposition parties concede use of such
technologies for national interest
Ø In all countries, opposition parties allege that the ruling government
MISUSES these technologies
Ø They ( opposition parties ) want some amount of TRANSPARENCY with respect
to :
# WHO is being surveyed / HOW
surveyed / WHEN surveyed / HOW LONG / WHY ( reason )
Ø If they were in power, even these Opposition Parties would find it very
difficult ( if not impossible ), to balance the interest of protecting personal
PRIVACY with protecting National Security
Dear Ministers :
I urge you to consider my following SOLUTION, which
assures transparency, without compromising national security. I believe, even
the Opposition Parties would subscribe to my formula :
Ø Who
watches the Watchmen ? ………………………………( 12 Jan 2019 )
Extract :
Ø SURVEILLANCE REQUEST SECTION
Any
agency wanting to conduct surveillance of online / offline activities of an
Indian
Citizen,
shall submit its’ requirement in this section
This
shall contain details such as :
· Name
of the agency
· What activity of the citizen is proposed to be
surveyed and for how long
[ Multiple selection from the
following ] :
# Visits and postings on Social Media web sites
# Visits and searches on E Commerce web sites
# Searches on Search Engines / All digital traffic ( including thru Alexa /
Google
# Messages sent / received
on Messaging Apps / E
Mail services
# Records of Digital Payment
Transactions on Banking / FinTech Network
# Audio logs from Landline and Mobile Service Providers for telephonic talks…
Agency will also need to specify the PURPOSE of
the proposed surveillance, by selecting one or more of the following suspected
reasons ( list is not comprehensive ) :
· Tax
Evasion / Money Laundering
· Criminal
Activity / Militancy
· Fraud / Breach
of Trust
· Anti-National
Activity / Sedition / Treason
· Fake
News / Pornographic content posting
Such a request shall need Online
Authorization of, all of the following officers :
# Chief of Agency concerned
# Secretary ( Cyber Security ) –
Ministry of Information Technology
# Data Protection Regulator
As soon as such a request is “ Approved /
Authorised “, an email ALERT will go out automatically ( without any human
intervention ) to the citizen concerned that she is “
under surveillance “ .
This will ensure that there is NO SECRET surveillance !
Copies of this E Mail ALERT will also get sent to
all other Intelligence Agencies for a coordinated effort and for avoiding
duplication
# SURVEILLANCE HISTORY SECTION
At any time of his choice , concerned citizen can login at this section
and see WHICH
But the citizen concerned will NOT be able to see following entries by the
Agency :
# What was
the PURPOSE / REASON for the surveillance
# WHAT
DATA got collected
# FINDINGS and proposed COURSE of ACTION , if any
This part will be visible to all other Intelligence
Agencies , who will have facility to add their
own information / data about the concerned citizen which is in their possession,
in order to compile a COMPREHENSIVE DOSSIER about that citizen .
However, these other Agencies will NOT be able to EDIT any ENTRIES / FINDINGS of any
other agencies
Although these ENTRIES are NOT accessible to the
concerned citizen in a normal course , the same
shall be made available to her in case any government agency relies
upon these during a Court Case against that citizen , arising from such
surveillance
My proposal,
# Gives a free hand to the Agencies to proceed with their investigations,
without needing
And
# Ensure total TRANSPARENCY of their surveillance activities to the persons
being investigated
This will assure the ordinary citizens (– and also
“ vulnerable “ citizens such as politicians belonging to opposition parties ?
)– that they are not being snooped upon
secretly !
With regards,
Hemen Parekh
/ hcp@RecruitGuru.com / 20
July 2021
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