Surveillance Laws and the Right to Privacy: The Pegasus Controversy

Recently, a global collaborative investigative project has discovered Israeli spyware Pegasus was used to target thousands of people across the world including India.

• While the government has denied any wrongdoing or carrying out any unauthorized surveillance, but these revelations highlight a disturbing trend of the usage of illegal surveillance and threat to individual’s privacy.
• Pegasus aka Q Suite is a spyware developed by NSO Group, an Israeli surveillance firm that helps spies hack into phones.
• It follows the zero-click method i.e., the device owner even isn’t required to click on the message, mail, link, etc. or to give any input to make ....