TopicSurveillance

Topic: surveillance

CSIR-NAL’s new solar-powered UAV can help border surveillance, improve communications

Mohana Basu - 3 April, 2022

At Wings India 2022 civil aviation event last month, organisation demonstrated functional, sub-scale model that runs on solar power during day & high-density lithium ion batteries at night.

India’s law enforcement framework needs to strike a balance between legal and illegal

Rupin Sharma - 24 March, 2022

India needs a mechanism that enables the law enforcement and security agencies to intervene legally, without having to adopt grey tactics.

Pegasus scandal shows how lawless India’s ‘lawful interception’ has become

Praveen Swami - 2 February, 2022

Many democracies understand the need for lawful surveillance against serious crimes. Few provide the executive such sweeping powers like India does.

Jubilation over number of CCTVs is bizarre. India needs to make privacy laws, not become China

Sreedev Krishnakumar - 1 September, 2021

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Pegasus snooping a form of cyber-terrorism, says ex-RSS ideologue Govindacharya, moves SC

Shanker Arnimesh - 17 August, 2021

In 2019, too, Govindacharya filed a petition in Supreme Court seeking an inquiry into alleged use of Pegasus spyware to tap phones of Indians through WhatsApp.

Modi govt lists 17 new bills in Monsoon session, Opposition to raise issue of Covid management

PTI - 19 July, 2021

The Opposition parties are also planning to give an adjournment notice over 'phone tapping' of their leaders and corner the govt over fuel prices.

How corruption cuts both ways in Russia’s surveillance state

Leonid Bershidsky - 21 December, 2020

The Russian state is both strong and corrupt, and it both hogs and leaks the data on which its strength increasingly rests.

Army shoots down surveillance drone after it crosses the LoC in north Kashmir

PTI - 24 October, 2020

The DJI Mavic 2 Pro drone, fitted with cameras, was spotted by the alert troops in the Keran sector. The drone was seized and further investigation is on.

Privacy violation risk higher in Pakistan, China after Covid-related surveillance

Archana Chaudhary - 1 October, 2020

Right to Privacy Index report also notes compulsory requirements for employees in India to download a govt virus tracking app before returning to work as a warning for businesses elsewhere in Asia.