India waives procurement rules, clears Cellebrite phone-hacking tools for NIA

India's Home Ministry, via Amit Shah, approved a procurement waiver allowing the NIA to buy at least 422 foreign forensic products, including Cellebrite's phone-extraction tools. The waiver bypasses domestic procurement rules, raising civil-liberties and supply-chain concerns. This marks a notable expansion of state surveillance capabilities in India, with implications for privacy and foreign tech dependence.

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