Re: Anyone know if this news is true ? Airtel spying ...

2015-06-09 17:34 GMT+05:30 Narendra Sisodiya <narendra-djpCnAWmwNRnjiQx+Zhyb1aTQe2KTcn/@public.gmane.org>
:

> IMO, it is "Web Adulterant" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adulterant.
> copyright violation does not applicable here because they (Airtel) are not
> publishing their (Google/Yahoo) content somewhere else. They are
> altering/mixing their data streams. This is highly unethical and companies
> those who do so should be fined heavily. Infact companies like google/yahoo
> must file some legal case on these Internet carriers (airtel etc).
>
> Google adding/injecting script on their domain pages is much much
> different than somebody else doing so with google's pages.
> its like pizza make
>

read as "pizza maker"

adding some extra stuff is different than delivery boy adding some extra
> stuff over your pizza.
>
> 2015-06-09 17:05 GMT+05:30 Tarun Dua <lists-w/I/[email protected]>:
>
>> Modifying web pages authored and copyrighted by other entities and
>> modifying content without their consent should constitute a copyright
>> violation IMHO ( I am not a lawyer ).
>>
>> Whatever their motivations I don't care.
>>
>> -Tarun
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Kiritkumar Lathia <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> > All on-line companies (including search engines) collect browsing data,
>> > history,  internet behaviour, etc. for "better experience" - the so
>> called
>> > "big data" which is then processed through analytics to provide targeted
>> > marketing, etc. so I should not be surprised by what airtel and co are
>> > doing.
>> >
>> > As you remember, I had suggested that most of these data are
>> "warehoused"
>> > outside India to avoid Indian laws concerning privacy.
>> >
>> > So what I suspect is that the data collected is warehoused by Israeli
>> > company.
>> >
>> > Again, without knowing the details, it is highly likely that all Airtel
>> > users have allowed it to collect data - so nothing unusual there.
>> >
>> > Neither is move vy Israeli co move to stop a hacker, however benevolent.
>> > BR
>> > Kirit
>> >
>> > On Jun 9, 2015 9:15 AM, "Banibrata Dutta" <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> http://www.storypick.com/airtel-sends-legal-notice-indian-coder/
>> >>
>> >> As per the above article:
>> >> Airtel (& Vodafone, but not clear if in India) are customers of
>> services
>> >> provided by an Israel based company called Flash networks, who
>> apparently
>> >> inject references to a Javascript that then tracks user behaviour, and
>> >> perhaps such information is shared back with the customers.
>> >>
>> >> An Indian hacker based in Bangalore found this and did an expose, but
>> has
>> >> got a "Cease and Desist" letter from the Israel based company !! What
>> >> gives...
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> regards,
>> >> Banibrata
>> >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/bdutta
>> >> http://twitter.com/edgeliving
>> >>
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