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Fri 22 Jan 2016 9:06AM

Oh (big) Brother

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Stories and links so that you never have a chance to forget the lack of free democracy in the world. This is fuel for a better future :)

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[deactivated account] Sat 28 May 2016 5:32AM

Two held in Mumbai for ‘insulting Goddess Kali’ on Facebook

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/two-held-in-mumbai-for-insulting-kali-on-facebook-2822828/

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[deactivated account] Tue 28 Jun 2016 6:29AM

US Customs wants to collect social media account names at the border :

http://www.theverge.com/2016/6/24/12026364/us-customs-border-patrol-online-account-twitter-facebook-instagram

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[deactivated account] Sun 30 Oct 2016 2:11AM

AT&T stores details for every call, text message, Skype chat, or other communication that has passed through its infrastructure, retaining many records dating back to 1987 ....
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/10/25/at-t-is-spying-on-americans-for-profit.html

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[deactivated account] Sun 30 Oct 2016 2:23AM

How the UAE is recruiting hackers to create the perfect surveillance state!

https://theintercept.com/2016/10/24/darkmatter-united-arab-emirates-spies-for-hire/

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[deactivated account] Tue 15 Nov 2016 11:57PM

2 out of 3 web users under government censorship; internet freedom in India at a low: Report
http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/2-out-of-3-web-users-under-government-censorship-internet-freedom-in-india-at-a-low-report/446404/

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[deactivated account] Mon 28 Nov 2016 8:57PM

United Kingdom:

New Digital economy bill to allow the government to digitise your data and bulk-share it without informing you or asking for your permission.

--“A disaster waiting to happen”: Can you trust the government to digitise your personal data?

--Age checks to stop children accessing online pornography is a breach of human rights, UN warns

-- VPN usage explodes as Digital Economy Bill progresses

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[deactivated account] Mon 5 Dec 2016 3:20PM

Why do Indian Mobile wallet and UPI apps like paytm ,ICICI , etc need permission to view my web history / edit my contacts / make a call or use my microphone?!!! ..

An extensive report on the kind of sensitive data these apps collect.
Keeping the present governments push towards a cashless society hardly anyone is concerned about this ...

Part 1:
http://www.medianama.com/2016/11/223-mobile-wallets-android-user-data/

Part 2 :
http://www.medianama.com/2016/12/223-mobile-banking-android-user-data/

Part 3:
http://www.medianama.com/2016/12/223-upi-apps-android-user-data/

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[deactivated account] Fri 13 Jan 2017 1:29PM

Whatsapps security trade off or a backdoor?

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[deactivated account] Mon 16 Jan 2017 12:07AM

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This twitter handle lets you use their handle to post on twitter.
ID and Password to the handle is on their twitter page.