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Jan 23
Why ‘Facebook’ is More Dangerous than the Government Spying on You
In this article, I look at state and corporate surveillance in India and analyze why our “choice” to hand over our personal data can potentially be more harmful than traditional, top-down, state surveillance. Read more here. Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society Publication date: 19th November 2013
Jan 23
Spy Files 3: WikiLeaks Sheds More Light On The Surveillance Industry
In this article, I look at WikiLeaks’ Spy Files 3 and examine the legality of India’s surveillance technologies, as well as their potential connection with India’s Central Monitoring System (CMS) and implications on human rights. Read more here. Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society Publication date: 25th October 2013
Jan 23
The India Privacy Monitor Map
Learn about India’s Privacy Monitor here and play with the map here. Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society Publication date: 9th October 2013
Jan 23
FinFisher in India and the Myth of Harmless Metadata
by John-Norris on Flickr In this article, I argue that metadata is anything but harmless, especially since FinFisher — one of the world’s most controversial types of spyware — uses metadata to target individuals. Read more here. Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society Publication date: 13th August 2013
Jan 23
Open Letter to Prevent the Installation of RFID tags in Vehicles
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) sent an open letter to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) to urge them not to intall RFID tags in vehicles in India. Read more here. Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society Publication date: 27th June 2013
Jan 23
India Subject to NSA Dragnet Surveillance! No Longer a Hypothesis – It is Now Officially Confirmed
This post was written in June 2013, following the first Snowden revelations. Read more here. Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society Publication date: 13th June 2013
Jan 23
The Surveillance Industry in India: At Least 76 Companies Aiding our Watchers!
This post includes some data from my research on India’s surveillance industry. Read more here. Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society Publication date: 2nd May 2013
Jan 23
India’s ‘Big Brother’: The Central Monitoring System (CMS)
In this post, I look at India´s Central Monitoring System (CMS) and examine whether it can target individuals´ communications data, regardless of whether they are involved in illegal activity or not. Read more here. Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society Publication date: 8th April 2013
Jan 23
Driving in the Surveillance Society: Cameras, RFID tags and black boxes…
In this post, I look at red light cameras, RFID tags and black boxes used to monitor vehicles in India. Read more here. Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society Publication date: 26th March 2013
Jan 23
Workshop on the Unique Identity Number (UID), the National Population Register (NPR) and Governance: What will happen to our data?
On March 2nd, 2013, the Centre for Internet and Society and the Say No to UID campaign organized a workshop to discuss the present state of the UID and NPR schemes. Some of the questions which were addressed included ´How do the UID and NPR impact citizenship´, ´Why and how is national security linked to …