Attempt to ban VPNs in India

[Rickysin]

They might be launching aatmanirbhar VPN with all tracking and logging capabilities so its easy for them to watch us

 

[Tejas01]

Aren't they anyways doing it through cgnat?

 

[pillaicha]

CG-NAT isn’t a requirement to track users. In fact ISPs have to track users‘ assigned IPs and the time period of that assignment. It’s linked in a database maintained for a few years. It’s been the case for decades.

 

[Abhi.]

This recommendation is not from IT Committee, it is from Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs headed by Congress' Anand Sharma

 

[Tejas01]

In fact ISPs have to track users‘ assigned IPs and the time period

Just asking for my knowledge. If ISP is tracking assigned ip's then won't they know about our activities on the internet. Can the govt claim access from such isp's if they think someone with a certain ip has gone rogue.

 

[Sushubh]

this is why people use VPN. the best they would know is that the person was using a vpn. but they won't know what he was doing while on vpn. all data sent and received would be to/from that vpn's ip. this is why government hates vpns.

fact remains, even without vpns, most data transmitted online is still fairly secure and encrypted. most of the web is now https. isps can still check the domains you are visiting but not exact pages. TLC ECH would prevent even that and this is why some countries have already blocked this encrypted traffic. looks like china also blocks tls 1.3 on their national firewall.

this is why pegasus is so useful for the governments. they do not have to monitor internet data. they can just monitor the device. or even plant evidence on these devices.

 

[pillaicha]

If ISP is tracking assigned ip's then won't they know about our activities on the internet. Can the govt claim access from such isp's if they think someone with a certain ip has gone rogue.

Yes the government can. Btw just linking IP to owner isn’t really tracking. It’s just maintaining accountability on the part of the ISP issuing the IP address. The IP is owned by the ISP and having a record of who is issued what IP when, is just for their own accountability. Anything beyond this basic requirement is tracking. And unfortunately it does happen now a lot more that equipment to do it has got cheaper. Earlier it was very expensive to do it widely. I’m referring to India. The US has been doing it for decades.

 

[unAadhaarit]

India's Anti-VPN Plan a Threat to Privacy, Internet Freedom: Experts

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs wants VPNs to be blocked. It has asked the Indian government to obstruct access to virtual private networks, alleging that such services enable 'criminals to remain anonymous online.'

With a VPN, you can maintain your privacy, bypass location-gated content, get around filtered networks, and lots more.

Everybody should be transparent except for government and it's employees.

 

[Aakash Malhotra]

criminals use road to escape so destroy roads? terrorists use food to stay alive so ban food?

 

[Sushubh]

well they did get rid of tinted windows on all vehicles after the incident in delhi many years ago. that alone must have caused immeasurable damage to environment if we look at the bigger picture.