Dear Shri
Ravishankar Prasadji,
Today’s Times of India, quotes you as :
“ Protecting free speech in India is not the
prerogative of only a private for-profit, foreign entity like Twitter, but it
is the commitment of the world’s largest democracy and its robust institutions
Twitter’s statement is an attempt to dictate terms….
Through its actions and deliberate DEFIANCE, Twitter
seeks to undermine India’s legal systems….
Twitter needs to stop beating around the bush &
COMPLY with laws of the land “
Dear Ministerji ,
It is your time to “ WALK THE TALK “
Entire world is waiting with bated breath for your next step ! You are being watched like a fish in
a fish-bowl !
With regards,
Hemen Parekh / hcp@RcruitGuru.com / 28 May 2021
PS :
I have, over past 4 / 5 years, sent to you many e-mails
in this regard. For your ready recall, I reproduce below, links to some ( 111 ) of those
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WhatsApp has gone to High Court, challenging Social
Media’s Privacy-related rules of Central Govt, which came into force, a few
days back
Govt calls this an “ Act of Defiance “
What next ? An
endless round of litigations ?
Both, WhatsApp and the Central Govt, claim that their
respective “ rules / processes “ are meant to protect the “ Privacy of Users “
!
Supreme Court has, in the past held PRIVACY of a
citizen to be a FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT – of course, with reasonable constraints
Those interested in knowing more about the respective
arguments, may read :
Government
terms WhatsApp legal challenge an ‘act of defiance’ /
TOI / 27 May 2021
MY TAKE :
Ø Privacy is dead / RIP
Ø WhatsApp is the modern version of the
“ Great Pretender “ , collecting all data about you
Ø A nation’s “ Collective Security “
has precedence over a citizen’s “ Personal Privacy “
Ø 334 pre-installed Apps on my Mobile ( my SAMSUNG regularly updates 334 ! )– knows more about me than I know about myself !
Ø My iPAD has developed uncanny ability
to show me , precisely those songs that
I like to hear ! Even “ arrange these
songs in such a RANDOM ORDER ( “My Mix “), that I do not get bored, listening
to the same songs everyday !
Ø Within next 5 years, each and every device that you carry on your body or
which you purchase / install in your home, will track you 24x7
( Voice recording + video images ) and
transfer that data to thousands of Manufacturers ( of those Devices ) /
Software / Operating Systems / Mobile Service Providers !
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As to the specifics :
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( A )……….. DEFIANCE ( 15 )
Ø Facebook
Replies …………………………….[ 29 Mar 2018 ]
Ø Accuse,
Accuse, but no excuse to Retaliate ?............[ 01 Nov 2019 ]
Ø Time
to Get Impatient ?...................[ 22 Dec 2019 ]
Ø Testing
our “ Insult Threshold “ ?.......[ 22 Sept 2020 ]
Ø Who
is afraid of the Tiny / Terrified Lamb ?............[ 28 Oct 2020 ]
Ø Congrats
Smt Meenakshi Lekhiji………………………………[ 29 Nov 2020 ]
Ø Thank
You, Smt Meenakshiji …………………………………..[ 07 Jan 2021 ]
Ø Smt.
Meenakshiji : Devil at the Door ?..................[ 10 Jan 2021 ]
Ø Not
that I love WhatsApp less ………………………………..[ 11 Jan 2021 ]
Ø What
are you waiting for ?................................. [ 25 Feb 2019 ]
Ø In
China : It is “ Comply or Quit “………………………… [ 25 Feb 2019 ]
Ø Missing
the Jungle for the Tree ? ……………………………[ 12 Feb 2019 ]
Ø United
We Stand : Divided We Fall …………………………[ 23 Feb 2019 ]
Ø Bravo ,
Anurag ! ………………………………………………………[ 10 Feb 2019 ]
Ø A
tale of two countries …………………………………………….[ 08 Aug 2018 ]
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( B )……….. SUPREME COURT OBSERVATIONS ( 11 )
Ø Aadhar : Supremely Satisfying ? ……….[ 19 Jan 2018 ]
Ø Aadhar
: Dawn of Realism ? ……………….[ 23 Jan 2018 ]
Ø Oh
! for some learned arguments ! …..[ 25 Jan 2018 ]
Ø Aadhar
: Supreme Asks : What if ? ……[ 30 Jan 2018 ]
Ø A
Hostile Advocate ? ……………………………[ 07 Feb 2018 ]
Ø An
Open Letter………………………………….[ 13 Apr 2018 ]
Ø 50
Gladiators : 50 million Spectators ..[ 27 Sept 2018 ]
Ø Congratulations,
Your Honour !...........[ 22 Mar 2019 ]
Ø A
Tale of Two Judges ………………………….[ 20 Jan 2021 ]
Ø Thank
You Your Honours ! ………………….[ 19 July 2017 ]
Ø Privacy
: Not Right ? …………………………..[ 30 July 2017 ]
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( C )…………COMPLIANCE WITH COUNTRY’S LAWS ( 11 )
Ø Trade
Off : Privacy vs LiveEasy ?....[ 25 Mar 2018 ]
Ø Data
Privacy Law : a Pandora’s Box ?...[ 15 July 2018 ]
Ø Slow
and Steady ? Sure Way to Nowhere ![ 05 Jan 2019 ]
Ø Data
Division Debate…………………………………[ 07 Dec 2019 ]
Ø “
Court Action “ or “ New Regulatory Approach “ ?....[ 27 July 2020 ]
Ø How
many Mobile Apps will you ban ?.....................[ 24 Nov 2020 ]
Ø Delayed
Data Protection : a blessing in disguise ?.....[ 25 Apr 2021 ]
Ø Time
for the Next Step ………………………………………………[ 15 Sept 2020 ]
Ø Enforcing
is difficult ?.......................................
[ 13 June 2018 ]
Ø Trying
to unravel the Gordian Knot ? ………………………..[ 27 July 2019 ]
Ø How
About a Contractual Option ? …………………………….[ 07 Aug 2018 ]
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( D )…………. EVERY DEVICE SPYING ON US ( 22 )
Ø Just
Ask Google !.........................[ 28 Nov 2017 ]
Ø Here is the
Proof ……………………………….[ 30 Nov 2017 ]
Ø Beaten
by Facebook !...................[ 21 Mar 2018 ]
Ø From
Tele-phony to Tele-Empathy ?[ 27 Mar 2018 ]
Ø Quantum
Jump ?............................[ 21 Apr 2018 ]
Ø Everything
You Do ?......................[ 03 May 2018 ]
Ø Alice
in the Wonderland of Privacy ! ….[ 06 Oct 2018 ]
Ø Here is the
Proof …………………………………[ 30 Nov 2017 ]
Ø Close Your
Eyes ?..............................[ 12 Aug 2018 ]
Ø Google
does not ask !........................[ 15 Aug 2018 ]
Ø Google
Knows All : A de Jure Recognition ?[ 20 Aug 2018 ]
Ø In
IoT age , what is the future of privacy ? [ 19 Oct 2018 ]
Ø No
need to be secretive ! …………………………..[ 14 Nov 2019 ]
Ø Ban ?
How many things ?.........................[ 31 Dec 2019]
Ø Privacy
? Security ? This may not be the last word ! [ 08 July 2020]
Ø A
Greed-Ship named Facebook………………….[ 21 Sept 2020 ]
Ø The
Hidden Agenda of Tech Giants Gatekeepers [ 17 Oct 2020 ]
Ø Birth
of a Black hole ?............................................ [ 18 Jan 2021
]
Ø Jack
and his ( Bitcoin ) Beanstalk ? ………………………………[ 12 Feb 2021 ]
Ø Big
Brother is watching us ! And how ! ………………………..[ 09 Feb 2018 ]
Ø A
Drop in the Ocean ? ……………………………………………..[ 20
Mar 2018 ]
Ø Wherefore
Art Thou, O Romeo ? …………………………………….[ 20 Sept 2017 ]
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( E )………… PRIVACY IS DEAD ( 9 )
Ø PRIVACY
: A Lost Battle……………………[ 15 Jan 2018 ]
Ø Aadhar
Fact : Privacy Fiction ?........ [ 19 Jan 2018 ]
Ø A
Drop in the Ocean ?................[ 20 Mar 2018 ]
Ø Parekh’s
Law of #Privacy ?..............[ 15 Apr 2018 ]
Ø Facebook
: The Formidable………… [ 27 Apr 2018 ]
Ø Data
becomes an Air Molecule : Free to travel anywhere……….[ 30 July 2019]
Ø In
IoT age , what is the future of privacy ?..........................[ 19
Oct 2018 ]
Ø A Fool’s
Paradise ? …………………………………………………………………..[ 29 Aug 2017 ]
Ø Privacy
? Perish the Thought ! …………………………………………….[ 18 July 2017 ]
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( F )…………. GOVT SURVEILLANCE ( 7 )
Ø Big
Brother is watching us ! And how !.........[ 09 Feb 2018 ]
Ø Samudra
Manthan [ Ocean Churning ] V 2.0[ 01 May 2018 ]
Ø A
Matter of Motive………………………………………….[ 04 Aug 2018 ]
Ø Social
Media Hub ? Where is the need ? ……..[ 13 July 2018 ]
Ø Who
watches the Watchmen ? ……………………..[ 12 Jan 2019 ]
Ø Nostradamus
could have said ? …………………….[ 06 Nov 2018 ]
Ø 2024
! – V 2.0 of Orwellian 1984 ? ……………….[ 07 July 2017 ]
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( G ) ………. SHRI B N SRIKRISHNA COMMITTEE ( 3 )
Ø Data
Protection without Data Privacy ? [ 08 Jan 2018 ]
Ø Enforcing
is difficult ?.......................[ 13 June 2018 ]
Ø Dangerous
? Orwellian ? Stringent ?......[ 11 Dec 2019 ]
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( H )………. ALL ABOUT “END TO END ENCRYPTION “ ( 2 )
Ø Aadhar
Virtual ID Compromised ? ………[ 12 Jan 2018 ]
Ø Where
Angels Fear to Tread ?.......[ 03 Apr
2018 ]
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( I )………… FAKE NEWS / DEEP FAKE ( 2 )
Ø Nightmare
? #Aadhar #Privacy #DataProtection ….[ 04 Mar 2018 ]
Ø How
Do You Control Wind ? ………………………………[ 11 Apr 2018 ]
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( J )………. MIND READING / BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE /
NEURALINK ( 4 )
Ø ARIHANT
: Beyond “ Thought Experiment “…………..[ 21 May 2018 ]
Ø Nostradamus
could have said ?...........................[ 08 Nov 2018 ]
Ø Peter : The
Second …………………………………………………[ 11 Nov 2018 ]
Ø Singularity
: an Indian Concept ?.........................[ 29 Mar 2020 ]
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( K )…….. DATA OWNERSHIP IN ORDER TO MONETIZE PERSONAL DATA
( 25 )
Ø Making
best of a bad bargain ? …………………………[ 09 June 2018 ]
Ø Wealth
of Nations…………………………………………….. [ 17 Aug 2018 ]
Ø Brittany
Kaiser : You are right ………………………….[ 19 Sept 2018 ]
Ø Tim
Berners-Lee Speaks …………………………………..[ 30 Sept 2018 ]
Ø Internet
Bill of Rights…………………………………………[ 07 Oct 2018 ]
Ø Contract
for the Web ……………………………………….[ 06 Nov 2018 ]
Ø Only
Answer : a Statutory Warning ………………..[ 10 Nov 2018 ]
Ø Thus
spoke Mukesh…………………………………………..[ 19 Dec 2018 ]
Ø Privacy for Sale …………………………………………
.[ 26 Aug 2017 ]
Ø Thank
You , Satya Nadela …………………………………[ 16 Jan 2019 ]
Ø Data
is the New Oil ……………………………………………[ 30 Jan 2018 ]
Ø SARAL …………………………………………………………………[
10 Feb 2019 ]
Ø Digital
Dividend from Demographic Data ………..[ 14 Feb 2019 ]
Ø Bulk
Data Sharing / Selling Policy ?.................[ 12 Mar 2019 ]
Ø Thank
You, Narendrabhai …………………………………[ 26 Sept 2019 ]
Ø First
Step : Second Step : Third Step……………….[ 23 July 2020 ]
Ø Released
: Govt Policy for Selling Personal Data[ 05 Sept 2020 ]
Ø A
Small Display of Willingness ?......................[ 20 Oct 2020 ]
Ø If
Google must pay Publishers, Why not pay Users ? [ 12 Oct 2020 ]
Ø “Pods”;Prescribed
by ( Dr ) Tim Berners-Lee ….[ 23 Jan 2021 ]
Ø Congratulations,
David Temkin …………………………[ 04 Mar 2021 ]
Ø Please,
listen to Pandurang Kamat …………………..[ 28 Mar 2021]
Ø Taxing
the Data Thieves ? …………………………………[ 04 Mar 2019 ]
Ø Hurry
/ do not Hesitate …………………………………….[ 18 Nov 2020 ]
Ø Right
to Sell My Soul ?................................. [ 27 Aug 2017 ]
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RELATED READINGS :
Govt-Twitter
faceoff escalates over IT Rules / Eco
Times / 28 May
DoT
mulls regulating Calling Apps / Eco Times
/ 28 May
OTTs
and Digital News Platforms get 15 days
to comply with New Rules / Eco Times / 28 May
Google
to comply with India’s IT Rules, says Pichai / Eco
Times /
28 May