Oh (big) Brother

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/

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

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

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/

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/

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

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/

Whatsapps security trade off or a backdoor?

• On Jan 13 , the Guardian published what it considered a backdoor to Whatsapp messenger:
  WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages

• To which Joseph Bonneau and Erica Portnoy from EFF published the following.. calling it a security trade off:
  Google Launches Key Transparency While A Trade-Off in WhatsApp is Called a Backdoor

HDFC Bank checks for creditworthiness by reading user emails

http://www.medianama.com/2017/01/223-hdfc-bank-privacy-violation/?utm_content=buffer3fbc7&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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ID and Password to the handle is on their twitter page.

Cartapping: How Feds Have Spied On Connected Cars For 15 Years