WhatsApp fighting with Indian government over users’ anonymity

The world’s most popular instant messaging service is facing an uphill battle in its fight against a Tamil Nadu courthouse in a lawsuit that may force them to forego or at the very least weaken its renowned privacy policies. As per a report by Buzzfeed, the Madras high court has recently started hearing a case by a couple of petitioners who are asking India to force people to link their WhatsApp accounts to their Aadhar card, which is the country’s controversial biometric ID number for virtually all its residents.