{"id":1245486,"date":"2023-05-12T08:53:45","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T03:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/?p=1245486"},"modified":"2023-05-12T08:59:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T03:29:33","slug":"govt-of-india-will-investigate-fraud-suspicious-international-calls-on-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/govt-of-india-will-investigate-fraud-suspicious-international-calls-on-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt Of India Will Investigate Fraud, Suspicious International Calls On Whatsapp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Indian government is all set to investigate a claim that <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/technology\/tech-news-technology\/whatsapp-using-microphone-in-background-bug-8601608\/\">WhatsApp<\/a> accessed the microphone of smartphone users while the phone was not in use, said Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WhatsApp-Update-Bold-Italics-PDF-features-1-1280x720-2-1-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"Govt Of India Will Investigate Fraud, Suspicious International Calls On Whatsapp\" class=\"wp-image-1245495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WhatsApp-Update-Bold-Italics-PDF-features-1-1280x720-2-1-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WhatsApp-Update-Bold-Italics-PDF-features-1-1280x720-2-1-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WhatsApp-Update-Bold-Italics-PDF-features-1-1280x720-2-1-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/trak.in\/stories\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WhatsApp-Update-Bold-Italics-PDF-features-1-1280x720-2-1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;Breach Of Privacy By WhatsApp<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The minister said in a tweet that the government will examine the alleged breach of privacy even as the new Digital Personal Data Protection Bill was being readied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This all started following a claim that WhatsApp accessed a user\u2019s microphone while he was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rajeev_GoI\/status\/1656148548621320202\">sleeping<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This is an unacceptable breach n violation of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Privacy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Privacy<\/a> <br><br>We will be examinig this immdtly and will act on any violation of privacy even as new Digital Personal Data protection bill <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DPDP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DPDP<\/a> is being readied.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GoI_MeitY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GoI_MeitY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_DigitalIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@_DigitalIndia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vtFrST4bKP\">https:\/\/t.co\/vtFrST4bKP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Rajeev Chandrasekhar \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 (@Rajeev_GoI) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rajeev_GoI\/status\/1656148548621320202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 10, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In a tweet, an engineering director at Twitter, Foad Dabiri said, \u201cWhatsApp has been using the microphone in the background, while I was asleep and since I woke up at 6 AM,\u201d on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response to Dabiri&#8217;s tweet, Chandrasekhar said, \u201cThis is an unacceptable breach and violation of privacy.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further adding, \u201cWe will be examining this immediately and will act on any violation of privacy even as the new Digital Personal Data Protection bill is being readied,\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tweet Gone Viral<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems that Dabiri\u2019s tweet went viral attracting over 65 million views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In its defense, WhatsApp said that it has been in touch with the Twitter engineer over the last 24 hours, who posted an issue with his Pixel phone and WhatsApp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WhatsApp said, \u201cWe believe this is a bug on Android that misattributed information in their Privacy Dashboard and have asked Google to investigate and remediate,\u201d in a tweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further claiming that users have full control over their mic settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said, \u201dOnce granted permission, WhatsApp only accesses the mic when a user is making a call or recording a voice note or video \u2013 and even then, these communications are protected by end-to-end encryption so WhatsApp cannot hear them,\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While proving his theory, the engineer working with Twitter shared screenshots of his phone which showed WhatsApp accessing and using his handset\u2019s microphone at various times even as he was asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>In the meantime, the screenshots prompted several users such as Twitter and Tesla Inc chief Elon Musk, to raise concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To the extent where Musk tweeted, \u201cWhatsApp cannot be trusted,\u201d on the screenshot shared by Dabiri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adding, \u201cOr that WhatsApp founders left Meta\/Facebook in disgust, started #deletefacebook campaign &amp; 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What they learned about Facebook &amp; changes to WhatsApp obviously disturbed them greatly.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It appears that WhatsApp has been under scrutiny in India over various issues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Meta-owned messaging app saw a two-hour service disruption, prompting the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to ask the platform to share reasons for the disruption, during October last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian government is all set to investigate a claim that WhatsApp accessed the microphone of smartphone users while the phone was not in use, said Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday. &nbsp;Breach Of Privacy By WhatsApp The minister said in a tweet that the government will examine the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":1245495,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[114],"class_list":["post-1245486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-whatsapp"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Govt Of India Will Investigate Fraud, Suspicious International Calls On Whatsapp - Trak.in - Indian Business of Tech, Mobile &amp; 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