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India Sleepwalks Into a Surveillance Society

Posted by Soulskill on from the your-tech-support-calls-may-be-monitored dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ZeroPaid has a fascinating roundup of news stories surrounding the latest surveillance laws passed in India, including a first-hand account of someone writing from inside India. The legislation in question is the Information Technology Act's amendment bill 2006, which was recently passed in the Indian parliament. Things you can't do with the new legislation include surfing for news in Bollywood and looking up porn on the internet. The legislation also allows all transmissions over the internet to be monitored for any form of lawbreaking and permits a sub-inspector to break into your house to make sure you aren't browsing porn on your computer."

7 of 292 comments (clear)

  1. You know the old saying... by Caboosian · · Score: 5, Funny

    If they took all the porn off the internet, there would be only one website left: www.bringbacktheporn.com

  2. FOR PORN! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's always some new site...

    FOR PORN.

    I browse all day and night.

    FOR PORN.

    It's like I'm surfing at the speed of liiiiight...

  3. [removed] by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This post has been deleted by the `Surveillance Task Force Under-ops'. (STFU.)

  4. Re:FOR PORN! by Gracenotes · · Score: 5, Funny

    Normal people have just issued a reminder that this isn't reddit.

  5. Re:Morality police - surprising? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why can't they be as enlightened as the United States, where sodomy laws have been off the books for a good five years now?

    (See Lawrence vs. Texas, 2003)

  6. Re:This is how terrorism works by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    You forgot one:

    CIA: Feudal Corporatocracy

  7. Re:This is how terrorism works by Chih · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, yes, yes... but could you explain how any of these groups have been using pictures of nude people to terrorize society?

    Goatse. It's a grand conspiracy of the highest level.

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