Goa Director General of Police Muktesh Chander on Thursday cautioned against downloading content from Pakistan-based websites, which he said were compromised and trying to obtain user information.
Mr. Chander, who is also a cybersecurity expert, was delivering a keynote address at a seminar on ‘Cyber Security for Industry’ in Panaji.
“One cannot nab Pakistan-based elements who explode bombs in India and it is far more difficult to nab Pakistanis who indulge in copyright violation of music,” Mr. Chander said.
Mr. Chander, who has served as Centre Director of the Cyber Division of National Technical Research Centre, which functions under the aegis of the Prime Minister’s Office, said that the songs.pk website promotes a compromised Chinese-made browser to glean information from a user’s phone.
He also warned against excessive use of devices like Alexa and others promoted by Amazon and Google, because of their “potential to snoop on people’s lives.”
