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Police can now check your fingerprints anywhere, in 35 seconds, using the new Abhigyan app. The law it rests on is still under challenge. We have sought a rollback. Here's why.
The government is considering integrating facial recognition cameras at six major airports, Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Chennai, as reported by The Hindu. The proposal reportedly includes linking these systems to a central data fusion centre in Delhi and integrating them with NATGRID for real-time monitoring to support law enforcement. IFF has raised serious concerns about what this means for privacy and civil liberties. (1/7)
Read More: https://t.co/3qRsNOLLGl
Hello! A short note from us this Sunday!
Over the past week, as the visibility of some of our work on social media has increased, there has been a sharp escalation in ad hominem attacks. Under normal circumstances these are best ignored, as we have an extremely strong community of Indians who fund and support our work and take a stand online based on the merits of argument and reason. However, a high volume of aspersions and coordinated attacks, alleging a "lobby", "vested interests", "big tech proxies" and the like, is emerging. This may lead to gradual suspicion of our work, which is critical for the digital rights of every Indian.
IFF has a clear mission and is funded by ordinary Indians. We are far from perfect. We also have capacity issues given the breadth and pace of digitalisation and our mandate to serve civil liberties and social justice under the Constitution of India. However, most of the targeting across social media emerges from false assertions of securitisation and betrayal of the national interest. This is false, as IFF's mandate is to serve the digital rights of every ordinary Indian and to act as a watchdog for them. This includes challenging, and advocating for reforms from, the Government of India (and state instrumentalities across the political spectrum) and technology companies. Our work over nine years, carried out by dozens of staff and hundreds of volunteers and collaborators, attests to this.
IFF's work also goes beyond the more research-oriented approaches to digital rights in order to reach the public. Here, popular advocacy, especially that which relies on social media, will lead to differences of opinion, which we encourage. However, it has taken the form of attacks. In the past, due to the targeting of several Indian organisational donors (which we ourselves had proactively disclosed) and philanthropies, our funding ceased. To overcome this, we launched a fundraiser (the Annual Membership Drive) three months ago, in which thousands of Indians chipped in to help us reach financial stability until November.
We do not have any grants or philanthropies supporting us any longer. We have a small budget and a small staff who work for the cause, funded by more than 3,000 Indians year on year, who have supported us since 2018. We will not stop fighting the good fight, and there is ample evidence that the IFF community and donors stand up for it. If you would like to support our work and help improve our capacity, please encourage friends and family to donate to us, or to any other non-profit or digital news platform that you believe still works for the ordinary citizen today. Even if you cannot donate, we encourage you to speak up for them and provide them greater safety to challenge power and profit.
Have a good Sunday. We wish you rest and play! 🌻
युवराज मेहता की कार को निकालने में 4 दिन लग गए फिर भी किसी बड़े आदमी पर कार्यवाही नहीं हुई क्यों?
आइए बताते हैं,
नोएडा डीएम -श्रीमती मेधा रूपम
मेधा रूपम भारत के मुख्य चुनाव आयुक्त श्री ज्ञानेश कुमार की बेटी हैं,
विधायक -श्री पंकज सिंह
पंकज सिंह भारत के रक्षा मंत्री श्री राजनाथ सिंह के बेटे हैं,
नोएडा यूपी में आता है और वहां बीजेपी की सरकार है,
समाचार समाप्त हुए।
Noida DM मेधा रूपम डिजास्टर मैनेजमेंट की भी हेड हैं।
इंजीनियरिंग की मौत के मामले में CEO नपे,मगर क्या DM को मुख्य चुनाव आयुक्त ज्ञानेश कुमार की बेटी होने की वजह से बचाया जा रहा है? ये 170 पन्नों के मैनेजमेंट प्लान का जनता क्या करे?
To understand why we aren't aatmanirbhar in sci-tech even as China races with the American giants.
IFF Statement: PIB’s "Fact Check" Denies Reality. Reuters Report and Public availability of "Indian Telecom Security Assurance Requirements" Tell a Different Story
New Delhi, January 13, 2026 — The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) notes with concern the recent "Fact Check" issued by the Press Information Bureau (PIB), which labels the Reuters report on mandatory source code disclosure and smartphone security measures as "FAKE."
The PIB asserts that the Government of India has "NOT proposed any measure" to force manufacturers to share source code and that consultations are merely "routine." However, this denial stands in stark contrast to the existence of detailed technical documents available on a government website, specifically the "Indian Telecom Security Assurance Requirements" (ITSAR).
A simple denial via social media cannot erase the existence of policy drafts that are already in the public domain or under active discussion. If the government claims these proposals do not exist, it must explain the specific documentation currently hosted on its own website and also disclose the minutes of meetings as reported by Reuters.
In light of the PIB’s denial, IFF poses the following six specific questions to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and the Department of Telecommunications (DoT):
1. Existence of ITSAR: Does the document titled "Indian Telecom Security Assurance Requirements" (ITSAR) exist as a government policy draft or technical standard?
2. Status of Public Documents: Is the version of the "Indian Telecom Security Assurance Requirements" (ITSAR) currently available on government websites (such as the NCCS or TEC portals) the current or operative draft under consideration?
3. Enforcement of Specific Provisions: If the answer to the above is yes, does the government intend to enforce the specific provisions listed within it, namely, the requirements for sharing source code for vulnerability analysis, retaining system logs for 12 months, and mechanisms for preventing jailbreaking?
4. Jurisdiction and Mandate: Has the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) been formally tasked with the finalization and enforcement of these "Indian Telecom Security Assurance Requirements," moving the mandate beyond the Department of Telecommunications?
5. Confirmation of Meetings: Have specific meetings been held between the IT Hardware Products Wing (or Division) within MeitY and smartphone manufacturers (including Apple, Samsung, and others) where these specific clauses (source code, logs, and updates) were discussed?
6. Absence of Public Consultation: Why has no public consultation been held to date on the "Indian Telecom Security Assurance Requirements," given its massive impact on the privacy of hundreds of million Indian smartphone users? If the framework is still being "devised" as claimed, will a full public consultation be conducted before any standards are enforced?
IFF asserts that "stakeholder consultation" cannot be limited to closed-door meetings with big tech giants. If the PIB’s claim that "no final regulations have been framed" is true, then the government should have no hesitation in releasing the current draft of the ITSAR for public scrutiny immediately. We reassert the need for transparency and an open public consultation.
IFF's Statement on the Draft Proposals for Smartphone "Security" that threaten user privacy and control. Demand one year logs and prohibit jailbreaking at the level of the smartphones operation system. We request for open consultations with civil society and technical experts.
https://t.co/oxlYXv0JCR
Statement on the Draft Proposals for Smartphone "Security" that threaten user privacy and control
The Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) is alarmed by proposals for the notification of the "Indian Telecom Security Assurance Requirements" (ITSARs) revealed in a series of Reuters reports dated January 11 and January 12, 2026. These proposals, while publicly available have not been put to public consultation by the Department of Telecommuncations and as per the Reuters reports are being considered by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to be made mandatory through notification. The ITSAR includes mandatory source code disclosure, 12-month log retention, and government pre-approval for updates at the level of the operating systems in smartphones treat every citizen as a suspect and every device as a surveillance endpoint. IFF strongly rejects any proposed regime that effectively grants the State access to confidential source code and embeds persistent controls into devices used daily by hundreds of millions of Indians.
There is no clear statutory basis for these proposals, nor any evidence of meaningful public consultation and the entire exercise for their creation is being done as a bilateral discussion between the Union Government and smartphone manufacturers. From a constitutional perspective, the Supreme Court of India’s ruling in Justice K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India affirms that informational privacy is a fundamental right and that any State intrusion must satisfy tests of legality, necessity, and proportionality.
The requirement for manufacturers to provide "proprietary source code for review by government-designated labs" is technically unsound and dangerous. Centralizing the source code of the world's most popular operating systems to be held by the government creates a "honeypot" for state and non-state cyber attackers. If compromised, the security of every Android and iOS device in the country could be broken. Further, a 12-month record of "login attempts" and "app installations" creates a high-resolution map of a user's private life, associations, and interests. This violates the purpose limitation principle of data protection. The requirement to "notify a government organisation before releasing any major updates or security patches" is perhaps the is a counter-productive measure. Security patches are time sensitive and requiring government pre-approval introduces a bureaucratic delay during which users remain vulnerable to active exploits.
Collectively, the proposals seek to micromanage how users interact with their own devices, effectively eroding the concept of ownership. This is reminiscent of a, “nanny state” where, for instance, the mandate for "tamper detection" warnings against "rooting" or "jailbreaking" and "anti rollback protection" criminalizes advanced users who wish to customize their devices or extend the life of older hardware. This directly contradicts a users "Right to Repair" and modify the smartphones owned by them. We request for the Union Government to engage in transparent, open consultations with civil society and technical experts, not just behind the scenes lobbying with tech giants on ISTARs and halt any movement towards their notification. IFF will be writing to the Union Goverment, specifically the DoT and MEITY seeking greater transparency.
Links:
1. Reuters, India Proposes Forcing Smartphone Makers to Give Source Code in Security Overhaul, 11 January 2026, available at: https://t.co/Q6y0Y1yO37.
2. Reuters, India’s Proposed Phone Security Rules That Are Worrying Tech Firms, 11 January 2026, available at: https://t.co/H3FMatI71B.
3. National Centre for Communication Security (NCCS), Indian Telecom Security Assurance Requirements (ITSAR) for Mobile Handsets, ITSAR No. 40408:2304, Government of India, available at: https://t.co/40yX9RSLGb
All comes down to babu reforms.
But @narendramodi is apparently unwilling to touch it.
Babu system needs a major MAJOR overhaul. Their job security needs to be plundered. Their compensation and promotion needs to be based on their performance.
On top of it, lateral entry for domain expertise needs to be set compliance burden for business and individual needs to be reduced to decrease contact surface area with the parasite babus.
A must-listen talk. Bharat needs this wake-up call. Our failure is not of talent, but of a corrupt, trigger-happy regulatory mindset. Despite meaningful change since 2014, the colonial bureaucracy continues to suffocate India’s potential.
Reverse brain drain & reverse engineering will happen only when IITs & IIMs evolve into global innovation hubs that reward invention.
A nation capable of supercomputers, Moon missions, Mars plans can reclaim its ancient scientific genius; from precision temple engineering to genomics. Now is the time.
The IAS officer who was transferred for keeping athletes out of a Delhi stadium so that he could walk his dog, is now back to the national capital in a senior role. This is how much the Modi govt wants him.
🚨 एक्स पर एक यूज़र द्वारा मैसेज करके बताया गया 👇
“मैंने सिर्फ़ नेटवर्क की शिकायत की थी। कोई नंबर नहीं दिया, कोई टिकट नहीं उठाया। फिर भी कुछ ही घंटों में मेरे घर कॉल पहुँच गई।”
यूज़र का कहना है कि जिस नंबर पर कॉल आया — वह डिलीट किया जा चुका था, सिर्फ़ कभी सोशल मीडिया अकाउंट से जुड़ा हुआ था।
अब सवाल नेटवर्क का नहीं है👇
• क्या सोशल मीडिया खंगाल कर नंबर निकाले जा रहे हैं?
• क्या शिकायत करना = अपनी डिजिटल फाइल खुलवा देना?
• क्या कस्टमर सपोर्ट अब निगरानी तंत्र बन चुका है?
>> यूज़र साफ़ कहता है — “ये मदद नहीं थी, ये यह जताने का तरीका था कि हम तुम्हें पहचानते हैं।”
‼️ आज कॉल आया, कल लोकेशन कन्फर्म होगी,
परसों शायद और भी बहुत कुछ।
👉 यह सर्विस नहीं,
👉 यह Consent के बिना Access है।
⚠️ Reliance Jio अगर यह एक यूज़र के साथ हुआ है,
तो सवाल सबके लिए है —
आपका नंबर सुरक्षित है या सिर्फ़ साइलेंट मोड पर?
इंदौर में पंद्रह हिंदू मल-मूत्र वाला पानी पिला कर मार डाले गए,
आपने इन हिंदुओं के पक्ष में आरएसएस,विहिप,बजरंग दल वालों को धरना प्रदर्शन करते हुए क्या देखा है?
ट्रांसफर भी हटाने की श्रेणी में आने लगा क्या जी?
या फिर 100 मौतें होंगी तब बर्खास्तगी होगी?
पनीर खाने जाओ तो वो नकली ,
घी खरीदने जाओ तो वो मिलावटी ,
ENO नकली ,ORS नकली , पेट्रोल भी नकली ,
नेता नकली ,अभिनेता नकली ,साधु मौलवी नकली ,
अधिकारी नकली , दूतावास नकली , सर्टिफिकेट नकली ,
एक कोलगेट बाकी रह गया था उसकी भी *** गई 🤡
अबे FSSAI वालों , सब मर जाएंगे तब जागोगे क्या मतलब टोपबाजी चल रही है।
X पर एक अकाउंट @khurpenchh है जो बहुत ज्यादा पॉपुलर है ,
जिसने भ्रष्ट अधिकारियों और घटिया सिस्टम की बकिया उधेड़ रखी है, देश के लोगों का भी काफी सपोर्ट मिल रहा है
इनकी सबसे बड़ी ताकत है इनका टीम मैनेजमेंट गजब की नॉलेज के साथ बेहतर कनेक्टिविटी..इस अकाउंट ने सरकार और अधिकारियों की नाक में दम कर रखा है
एक ट्रेंड था #Yethikkarkedikhao इस ट्रेंड में इन्होंने कैबिनेट मंत्री राठौर साहब को भी लपेट लिया था...
इस समय IAS अधिकारी टीना डाबी की करतूतों की पोल खोल रखी है..!!
@KHURAPATT
@Khurpenchinfra
पोर्टल से फोटो हटाई जा रही हैं,
डर सबको लगता है, गला सबका सूखता है।
Apparently, all the IAS officers did nothing and got a 1–2 crore prize from the President.
This shows how rotten the system is.
Poor people are suffering while these babus are uploading AI pics, getting crores, and going on foreign trips.
They are the biggest burden on our country.
Also, what’s the need for a 1–2 crore prize?
They did their job, which they are paid to do.
And they didn’t even do it.
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