India is a Snoop State

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In the last few days, the national media has been abuzz with ‘Snoop-gate’ or Pegasus-gate, the data leaks from India and across the world that suggest that thousands of phone lines were being tracked by an Israeli spyware Pegasus. I am not surprised by the revelations, what I am honestly surprised by is that so many people are surprised by it. Anyone who has been involved in tracking the Indian government will know that we have long lived with a state that snoops on its citizens.