In this post, we will take a quick look at the relevant statutory provisions that establish the substantive framework governing Indian communications surveillance (this excludes the procedural…

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Just over a year ago, the world was treated to a rude awakening by a hitherto unknown Edward Snowden, when he made public thousands of classified documents that belonged to the United States'…

One of the several provisions that gives the government lawful access to data is Section 28 of the Information Technology Act 2000. This section provides that while investigating a case of…

Bitcoin-based "World Citizenship Passport" project: http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthickey/2014/10/31/open-source-project-could-replace-traditional-passports-with-bitcoin-tech/ To those who are only…

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SFLC.in in association with Hoot will be organizing a Cryptoparty for journalists and bloggers in Delhi. It will be a hands-on workshop that will talk about mass surveillance, data mining and also…

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Mishi Choudhary, Executive Director, SFLC.in shared some practical tips on the legal aspects of using open source software and busts some myths regarding licenses.

 

September 5, 2014, New Delhi : We at SFLC.in have noticed various posts on social media that state that the numbers of telephone tapping requests that we have revealed in our report titled "India's…

  In order to procure details on India's communications surveillance practices, SFLC.in had filed a number of applications over the years under the Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act) before…