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

On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 9:26 PM, Mohit Garg <[email protected]> wrote:

> Most internet intermediaries (read Airtel, Google, FB etc.) want to get
> access to user data and sell that in the name of personalized marketing. I
> don't think there is any law which could help here... this is the reality
> of the digital world today and it really cannot be changed.
>

This is perhaps one strong reason why we need strong, pan-country "bit
pipe" internet-connectivity utilities, whose raison d'être is selling data
connectivity, period. Of course, that doesn't suit the traditional telcos
(big stomach) or the government (big nose).

Why can't we take inspiration from the EU's 'Cookie Law' for instance, and
make "improve user experience through personalization.. bla bla", consent
based ? Of course the big-stomachs and hungry-mouths won't fall in love
with it, but it'd be something very nice to have for the common man.


> Would Airtel cookies get classified as First, Second or Third party
> cookies?
>

Our IT Act, which bunches together anything that resembles some for of
service available over the internet, including the access providers, into
this extremely broad class called "internet intermediaries".  There should
ideally have been a notion of "essential services" or "utilities" which
separate the internet access providers, from all other service providers.

Am I the only one who is dreaming on these lines ?


>
> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 9:21 PM, Banibrata Dutta <[email protected]
> > wrote:
>
>> Things moved quickly since...
>>
>> Update:
>> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/Airtels-mystery-code-raises-privacy-concerns/articleshow/47599548.cms
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 12:44 PM, 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
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> regards,
>> Banibrata
>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/bdutta
>> http://twitter.com/edgeliving
>>
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