Activists demand judicial probe into WhatsApp snooping

With reports of Israeli spyware being used to snoop on scores of WhatsApp subscribers, cyber security activists have appealed to the Supreme Court to take up the issue suo moto and order an inquiry. Kiran Chandra, a leader of the Free Software Movement of India, has said that the Government should rein in WhatsApp and mandate it to submit the source code, stating that the privacy of individuals is at stake.

Though reports of a breach of the WhatsApp network hit the headlines in the US six months ago, it is only in the last few days that the impact in India has become a burning issue.