Our readers already know that WhatsApp chats qualify as electronic evidence. The courts require a certificate under Section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (now Section 63 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023) in most cases. Further, landmark judgments … Read More
In 2019, widespread outrage erupted in India and other countries after WhatsApp confirmed that some of its users had been targeted with spyware. This breach affected a total of 121 users from India, including activists, scholars and journalists. The Pegasus … Read More
As I explored in the previous article, Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) is a set of new encryption techniques built to withstand attacks from quantum computers. These are machines that will be powerful enough to break much of today’s encryption. While the … Read More
Quantum computing is a concept that is quickly becoming a reality. Unlike classical computers, which operate using bits as 0 or 1, quantum computers use qubits capable of storing both 0 and 1 simultaneously. This allows quantum machines to compute … Read More
SF v. National Crime Agency UKIPTrib3 In the Investigatory Powers Tribunal Case Number IPT/21/05/CH Before Lord Justice Edis, Lady Carmichael, and Mr Stephen Shaw KC Decided on May 11, 2023 Relevancy of the case: Validity of a targeted equipment interference … Read More
Do you know that most of our current security protocols run on the concept of computationally difficult to find? But what does that mean? In a specific security algorithm, the data undergoes a process of encryption. In this process, the … Read More
A, B, D, & C v. R. [2021] EWCA Crim 128 In the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division Case Numbers 202100094 B1, 202100110 B1, 202100112 B1, and 202100113 B1 Before Lord Chief Justice Burnett, Lord Justice Edis, and Justice Whipple … Read More
Neetu Singh v. Telegram FZ LLC In the High Court of Delhi CS (Comm) 282/2020 Before Justice Prathiba M. Singh Decided on August 30, 2022 Relevancy of the Case: Requiring Telegram to disclose details of channels involved in copyright infringement … Read More
Chinese activist Ai Weiwei once proclaimed, “The Internet is uncontrollable. And if the Internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It is as simple as that.” This sentiment backed the conception of the Internet – an unbounded global village where everyone … Read More