Advocate (Dr.) Prashant Mali's Blog

What does the Pegasus spyware do? Don’t Overthink  Did you imagine some super spy software which tracks you even when your mobiles internet or data connection is off. According to the software’s description on the NSO Group’s website, the Pegasus spyware is capable of complete data extraction from the victim’s phone. What makes this software worse is that it can be used for remote and stealth monitoring, without the victim even realising that they are being watched. The NSO Group’s website notes that the spyware can extract data remotely via untraceable commands. The Pegasus spyware could essentially make it unnecessary to have physical access to a device to spy on victims. For instance, iPhones, which are usually touted for being secure, reportedly have a  gaping security issue  in iMessage that allows remote access and duplication of data. But if you are common man please don’t overthink all the above to operational day in day out requires cash to be burnt and if you are common man l

Why does India need a Data Protection Law? Apart from appeasing European Union for sharing data with Indian companies, One of the reason is presently all Data of ours -Search, Emails, Chats of Google, FB, Hotmail, Whatsapp are stored in Californian Servers, USA Jurisdiction. US Foriegn Intelligence Survivelenace Court (FISA) with a single penstroke court gag order can take all Indian MPs, PMO, Home Minister,MEA's etc Email data and Analyse them for leverage in Intl' Affairs, Thats a severe Threat, #privacy intrusion.  Not to mention even the Locations of each Citizen,Official in India can be monitored by US NSA analysts as of now with #Whatsapp, Android Phones relaying data back to USA servers.  Hence a Data Protection Law in India is a need of the Hour. " How to turn Android Phone or Tablet into a Server " .You can check it out here -  https://joyofandroid.com/use-old-android-phone-as-server/