Jan 23
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.
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Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society
Publication date: 19th November 2013
Jan 23
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.
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Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society
Publication date: 25th October 2013
Jan 23
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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.
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Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society
Publication date: 13th August 2013
Jan 23
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.
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Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society
Publication date: 27th June 2013
Jan 23
This post was written in June 2013, following the first Snowden revelations.
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Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society
Publication date: 13th June 2013
Jan 23
This post includes some data from my research on India’s surveillance industry.
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Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society
Publication date: 2nd May 2013
Jan 23
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.
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Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society
Publication date: 8th April 2013
Jan 23
In this post, I look at red light cameras, RFID tags and black boxes used to monitor vehicles in India.
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Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society
Publication date: 26th March 2013
Jan 23
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 UID/NPR´, and ´What is the relationship between the UID and Big Data´.
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Publisher: Centre for Internet and Society
Publication date: 18th March 2013