Now Your computers are under Indian Govt watch, check out how people reacted

The Ministry of Home Affairs has permitted sweeping powers to 10 central agencies to track, monitor and even intercept data on every personal computer. This is indeed shocking news to all citizens of India.

This is the first time that the government has granted the power to scan data on a computer and not just in transfer between two computers- to investigating agencies, according to the media reports.

The newly signed order that was issued yesterday, Dec 20, by the Ministry of Home Affairs authorizes India’s 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt “any information generated, transmitted, received or stored in any computer.”

Credits: NDTV

Then ten respective agencies are listed as follows:

Intelligence Bureau, Narcotics Control Bureau, Enforcement Directorate, Central Board of Direct Taxes, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, CBI, National Investigation Agency, Cabinet Secretariat (R&AW), Directorate of Signal Intelligence (for service areas in Jammu and Kashmir, North-East and Assam only) and the Delhi Police Commissioner.

The NDTV report says, “this signed order requires any person in command of the computer to cooperate and extend technical assistance to investigating agencies if they come knocking on your doorstep.”

If the person in the query doesn’t cooperate, they can face up to 7 years in jail and a monetary fine. This new move by the Home Ministry to grant powers to investigating agencies to track, record and scan data on any computer that can be misused.

But this new order is drawing some criticism on social media.

https://twitter.com/SaffronWatch/status/1076113201455017985

 

 

 

 

 

Hailing from Chennai, Chaithanya G is the Managing Director of TheYouth. He has dedicated his whole life to reading and writing.