Indian Journalists Slag Off Their Govt on Spyware Pegasus
The prominent journalists suggested shifting to GSM mobile phones after the Pegasus controversy
In a recent development, it surfaced that India was using an Israeli company’s spyware Pegasus in hacking smartphones belonging to prominent personalities including Indian journalists.
The spyware Pegasus was used to make surveillance attempts on hundreds of mobile phones in Pakistan as well, including that of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
As soon as the news burst out, the Indian journalists psych themselves up to poke fun at the Indian government for spying through Pegasus.
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Barkha Dutt, a prominent journalist who brilliantly covered the covid-19 crisis in India, shared her thoughts on Twitter.
I never thought I’d write the following : India’s IT Minister revealed to be on Pegasus list of surveillance targets on day he denied the charge of unauthorised surveillance.
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) July 19, 2021
She penned down that India’s Information technology (IT) Minister revealed to be on Pegasus list of surveillance targets on the day he denied the charge of unauthorized surveillance.
On the other hand, media man Shekhar Gupta took to his Twitter handle and recommended GSM mobile phones instead smartphones.
Technology, from yesterday, for today and tomorrow…
Sasta, sundar, tikau aur surakshit… pic.twitter.com/W0sF6I7Mgu
— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) July 19, 2021
Additionally, TV anchor and author Rajdeep Desai shared a note on Twitter and maintained that snooping is a crime and the hacking scandal deserves an independent probe.
Good morning. My take: a strong govt with nothing to hide should have nothing to fear from a probe into Pegasus hacking allegations. #Pegasus pic.twitter.com/K1HsGhR5qL
— Rajdeep Sardesai (@sardesairajdeep) July 20, 2021
He also added that any strong and self-confident government that has nothing to hide shouldn’t be in a denial mood.
Whereas, Emmy-nominated journalist Ahmer Khan shared a picture of the Nokia 3310 mobile phone and captioned it, “Time to switch back to this”.
Time to switch back to this.#pegasus pic.twitter.com/R9HOYEARCw
— Ahmer Khan (@ahmermkhan) July 18, 2021
Notably, the world’s prominent media organizations, including The Washington Post, The Guardian, and The Wire, have collaborated to investigate the big leak.
The software was developed by the Israeli NSO Group and was allegedly sold only to ‘vetted governments’.
