Pegasus: Cyber Hygiene And Vaccination
On paper, we have a very well-established procedure through which lawful interception of electronic communication can be carried out for national security and in response to any public emergency.
Sachin Shridhar 26 July 2021, Last Updated at 8:55 am Representational image outlookindia.com 2021-07-26T08:55:33+05:30
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The writer is an architect.
The first census of independent India a 10-yearly survey was conducted in 1951 to gather statistics on population distribution, gauge the status of housing, household income, education, etc. The idea was that it would help evaluate government programs, planning and policy decisions, and even aid business houses with information for marketing products. Surveyors appeared patiently at your doorstep and diligently recorded everything by hand.
Data collection was meant to improve lives not invade them.
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Seventy years later, what began as a method of using information to enhance daily life is now a great sweeping tide of mass technological surveillance. This new form of public scrutiny has nothing of the slow meticulous scribbling into a sweaty ledger, but is instead like a lethal gas mak