For a long time, WhatsApp and its supporters argued that technically it is not possible to track the origination of messages. When the Government introduced the provision as a notification under ITA 2000, technology experts in India endorsed the claim of WhatsApp.
Naavi.org time and again called out for firm action against such pseudo techies who wanted to oppose regulations in support of security. Some of the articles that discussed this are
Court has to nip this foreign media revolt against the Indian Government in the bud
WhatsApp petition deserves to be rejected at admission stage itself.
But recently, it appears that WhatsApp has agreed to make the necessary changes to enable identification of the origin of a message.
The above article in Zeenews suggests that WhatsApp has now agreed to introduce a message ID in the form of a unique hash which will travel with the message when it is forwarded.
This will go a long way in reducing the misuse of WhatsApp for spreading fake news.
Techies who once supported the views of WhatsApp need to eat their words and change their attitude to oppose all security measures suggested by the Government and spread internet anarchy.
Naavi
