Your Rights Online: India Sleepwalks Into a Surveillance Society

[Bob Hubbard]

Your Rights Online: India Sleepwalks Into a Surveillance Society on Saturday January 03, @02:11AM

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday January 03, @02:11AM
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."
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[grydth]

In the face of widespread violence, both domestic crime and externally directed terrorism, a society will face hard choices.

It can accept the level of violence.

It can crack down ruthlessly on perpetrators.

It can eliminate everyone's rights and tell us we are safer for it.

Most (formerly) free societies are traveling the third path. India is only joining the USA, UK, Australia and others.