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'WhatsApp messages can be traced without diluting encryption'
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SME Times News Bureau | 11 Jul, 2019
With India pressing for
traceability of WhatsApp messages to check the spread of fake news, a
member of the National Security Advisory Board (NSAB) has stressed that
the issue can be easily resolved without diluting end-to-end encryption
and affecting the privacy of users.
"If WhatsApp says it is not
technically possible to show the originator of the message, I can show
that it is possible," said V. Kamakoti, while delivering a lecture at
Indian Council of World Affairs here on Wednesday.
The National Security Advisory Board advises the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on security matters.
"When
a message is sent from WhatsApp, the identity of the originator can
also be revealed along with the message. So the message and the identity
of the creator can be seen only by the recipient. When that recipient
forwards the message, his/her identity can be revealed to the next
recipient," said Kamakoti, a professor at Indian Institute of
Technology-Madras.
The NSAB member added that as per court
ruling, those who forward a harmful message can also be held responsible
in certain cases.
"In this way, you do not need to break
end-to-end encryption and infringe the privacy of anyone and yet make
the messages traceable when the investigating agencies want to find out.
And this is what we have projected to WhatsApp," he said.
India
started pressing for traceability of WhatsApp messages after several
lynching cases last year were linked to rumours spread on the messaging
service.
WhatsApp has maintained that allowing traceability will
dilute its end-to-end encryption which ensures that only the sender of
the message and the recipient can see the message - not even WhatsApp
itself.
Kamakoti made the remarks while giving a lecture on "5G
Technology from Indian Perspective" which was attended by several
officials from the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi, among others.
"The
primary concern in 5G roll out is security. 5G is important because of
the scale of impact it can have on the economy and human life in
general," said Kamakoti.
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