A vast majority of Indians are not in favour of security and investigative agencies snooping on their data, shows an online poll conducted by Business Standard.
On Friday, the government triggered a major controversy by authorising 10 central security and investigative agencies to monitor and intercept all computers, a decision that came under severe attack from the Opposition which accused the government of creating a surveillance state.
On Friday, the government triggered a major controversy by authorising 10 central security and investigative agencies to monitor and intercept all computers, a decision that came under severe attack from the Opposition which accused the government of creating a surveillance state.
Business Standard conducted a poll on its website, Twitter and Facebook pages asking, "Do you welcome Modi govt's move to authorise 10 central agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt information in “any” computer?"