India Orders VPN Companies to Collect and Hand Over User Data

[Sushubh]

web hosts with presence in india. with international hosts, they would probably take the easy way out by outright banning them.

 

[pillaicha]

Then they'd find a way to only cache data locally or accelerate it through peering arrangements while hosting it in less headache countries like Sri Lanka, or Singapore.

 

[Sushubh]

personally i do not think they would keep things sane for me to keep this site functional till even 2024. would have to see how i would keep my media watching habit work if VPN services are disrupted.

 

[igloo]

It's called indirect way of banning vps.

 

[Sushubh]

What I don’t get is why they are doing it in such a weird way. They blocked TikTok. Just like that. It is practically THE MOST POPULAR platform on the web today. They could just announce a ban on non-corporate usage of VPNs and it would be widely applauded. Just say it’s in the name of national security. No judge would bother to rule against such a ban.

I guess it would be hard to justify this on an international scale.

 

[Baby Clasher]

@Sushubh have you ever got stuck in any legal stuff due to this forum or hosting or anything regarding this? Has any ISP or person has did anything which ever put you in situation like this? Isn't hosting this site required your details? What if someday government tells you to take down this site? (Although it's never gonna happen). Maybe it's just me being in a weird state of mind at 2:14 AM

 

[Chip]

UnCERT-in times for VPN services providers in India

In the ToI

 

[Navjot Singh]

VPN Providers Threaten to Quit India Over New Data Law

The country has ordered companies operating VPNs to collect user data and hand it over to officials—but they’re refusing to do so.

www.wired.com

 

[Sushubh]

Lol who are they threatening? What leverage do they have?

 

[Navjot Singh]

Us.