This enforcement action marks the first significant implementation of India’s 2022 regulatory framework governing VPN apps. The rules mandate that VPN providers and cloud service operators maintain comprehensive records of their customers, including names, addresses, IP addresses and transaction histories, for a five-year period.
This is really bad not only for India but for international impact as well. Freedom and privacy are dying if you think about the percentage of people living in more Democratic counties
This is where US should step in but they with EU & UK likely have similar goals.
When the US “steps in” it doesn’t go well. It is better for the US to fund and develop democracy and privacy supporting tools.
.apk downloads go brrrr
(because as far as I know, most people in India use Android)
Another post yesterday mentioned police coming to their house asking whether they used signal. Clearly something is happening here.