Category: Surveillance in India

This article can be accessed through the FifF Kommunikation’s 2/2014 edition. Publisher: FifF KommunikationPublication date: 2nd Edition 2014

In India, surveillance is on the rise by the state to tackle crime and terrorism, and private companies are eager to meet the demand.Read more here. Publisher: OpenDemocracyPublication date: 10th February 2014

by SnaPsi on flickr  In this article, I present new information about India’s controversial Central Monitoring System (CMS) based on official documents which were shared with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS).Read more here. Publisher: Centre for Internet and SocietyPublication date: 30th January 2014

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 SocietyPublication date: 19th November 2013

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 SocietyPublication date: 25th October 2013

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 SocietyPublication date: 13th August 2013

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 SocietyPublication date: 27th June 2013

This post was written in June 2013, following the first Snowden revelations.Read more here. Publisher: Centre for Internet and SocietyPublication date: 13th June 2013

This post includes some data from my research on India’s surveillance industry.Read more here. Publisher: Centre for Internet and SocietyPublication date: 2nd May 2013

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 SocietyPublication date: 8th April 2013