While companies like Apple have fought to protect their customer’s data, Indian firms such as Reliance Jio and Paytm advocate for less privacy. A mindset change about the Right to Privacy is overdue, and the technology holds the answers.

The government wants ‘traceability’ of WhatsApp messages, and a child porn case from August may be the excuse it is looking for.

Is it a security threat?

WhatsApp is allowing 30 days to users to opt out from data sharing with Facebook, but despite that some data will be shared.