The former Chief Information Security Officer at the Prime Minister's Office, Dr Gulshan Rai has warned that one-sided, simplistic solutions like attaching a unique ‘hash’ proposed by third party experts may not be a permanent solution to the message traceability issue with encrypted messaging platforms like WhatsApp.

Speaking exclusively to India Today TV, Dr Rai said that both the government and the technology platforms needed to sit together in order to come up with a balanced solution.