Ban WhatsApp, it's a national security risk: RTI activist moves SC

                       This was fast! A Gurgaon-based RTI activist has filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking a ban on WhatsApp in India. Activist Sudhir Yadav had first filed an RTI seeking how and why WhatsApp was allowed to implement tough encryption and when he was given a reply that "no such information exists in this office" he moved the Supreme Court. According to a report by Trak.In,Yadav believes that use of 256-bit encryption in WhatsApp will lead to "wide scale chaos and will impound threat to India's national security".While it seems that Yadav's move could be an attempt to hog some limelight, the argument that WhatsApp needs to be banned in India is not without any basis.When WhatsApp implemented the

peer-to-peer encryption a few weeks ago,we had highlighted that the feature may make it illegal in India. It's a grey area because proper encryption laws don't exist in India but it can be argued -- and Yadav is arguing-- that the chat service is illegal in the country.

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