Comments on: In which the Indian Cops trace your IP http://www.withinandwithout.com/2007/03/in-which-google-helps-the-indian-cops-trace-your-ip/ Arbitrary Obsessions. Cities. History. Music. Feminism. Maami-isms. Patterns. Halwa. Identities. Free Verse. The Internets. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:58:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Anonymous http://www.withinandwithout.com/2007/03/in-which-google-helps-the-indian-cops-trace-your-ip/comment-page-1/#comment-14359 Anonymous Sat, 24 Mar 2007 21:52:17 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=1176#comment-14359 Web based proxies may not work, but you can configure a proxy in your browser's connection settings (ideally you should have one right at the router level for ALL traffic). Lesson: Don't take anonymity & privacy for granted. Oh and to the owner of the blog your header reminds me of a calvin klein commercial... And by the way I'm posting this comment from my "real" IP. Chant with me... death to nationalism...death to religion, death to nationalism...death to religion, death to... Ha. /rant Web based proxies may not work, but you can configure a proxy in your browser’s connection settings (ideally you should have one right at the router level for ALL traffic).

Lesson: Don’t take anonymity & privacy for granted.

Oh and to the owner of the blog your header reminds me of a calvin klein commercial…

And by the way I’m posting this comment from my “real” IP.

Chant with me… death to nationalism…death to religion, death to nationalism…death to religion, death to…

Ha.

/rant

]]> By: Saravanan http://www.withinandwithout.com/2007/03/in-which-google-helps-the-indian-cops-trace-your-ip/comment-page-1/#comment-14281 Saravanan Sat, 17 Mar 2007 08:18:30 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=1176#comment-14281 I dont think Google has a choice here. Google is a business entity. They have to obey the rules of the nation where they operate. So they are expected to provide information to law enforcement people whenever appropriate requests are made. Based on Google's response, I think the new application is only for sending requests. It does not mean that cops can log into orkut and see ips of all the users. There are some cases where Google might not be able to provide information to Indian govt like details about an user registered orkut.com from USA. If they provide then that will be privacy nightmare for Google. Lot of grey area here. So dont jump into conclusions just by tidbits provided by a media hungry cop. I dont think Google has a choice here. Google is a business entity. They have to obey the rules of the nation where they operate. So they are expected to provide information to law enforcement people whenever appropriate requests are made. Based on Google’s response, I think the new application is only for sending requests. It does not mean that cops can log into orkut and see ips of all the users. There are some cases where Google might not be able to provide information to Indian govt like details about an user registered orkut.com from USA. If they provide then that will be privacy nightmare for Google. Lot of grey area here. So dont jump into conclusions just by tidbits provided by a media hungry cop.

]]> By: MYPAJAMA.COM » Orkut and police http://www.withinandwithout.com/2007/03/in-which-google-helps-the-indian-cops-trace-your-ip/comment-page-1/#comment-14269 MYPAJAMA.COM » Orkut and police Fri, 16 Mar 2007 04:58:59 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=1176#comment-14269 [...] You are new to MYPAJAMA.COM. If you like what you read, you may want to subscribe via RSS or sign up for the fortnightly newsletter (see sidebar). Thanks for visiting, and spread the word!Mumbai police now has Orkut links. Hope they manage to crack down on offenders while leaving innocent netizens alone. At least, let this one alone. More by Vulturo and Neha. [SD] [...] [...] You are new to MYPAJAMA.COM. If you like what you read, you may want to subscribe via RSS or sign up for the fortnightly newsletter (see sidebar). Thanks for visiting, and spread the word!Mumbai police now has Orkut links. Hope they manage to crack down on offenders while leaving innocent netizens alone. At least, let this one alone. More by Vulturo and Neha. [SD] [...]

]]> By: Do No Evil* (Conditions Apply) at Psychotic Ramblings Of A Mad Man… http://www.withinandwithout.com/2007/03/in-which-google-helps-the-indian-cops-trace-your-ip/comment-page-1/#comment-14262 Do No Evil* (Conditions Apply) at Psychotic Ramblings Of A Mad Man… Thu, 15 Mar 2007 10:21:21 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=1176#comment-14262 [...] While much is being said over the unholy nexus between Google and the Indian Police, I’m too jaded to react. Even trying to explain my views on the issue appears to be needless and redundant. Neha Viswanathan has written a post on the issue which, which just about sums up the state of the things, and I’m in complete agreement with the opinions she has expressed. Nevertheless, here’s an attempt: [...] [...] While much is being said over the unholy nexus between Google and the Indian Police, I’m too jaded to react. Even trying to explain my views on the issue appears to be needless and redundant. Neha Viswanathan has written a post on the issue which, which just about sums up the state of the things, and I’m in complete agreement with the opinions she has expressed. Nevertheless, here’s an attempt: [...]

]]> By: Yuva http://www.withinandwithout.com/2007/03/in-which-google-helps-the-indian-cops-trace-your-ip/comment-page-1/#comment-14260 Yuva Thu, 15 Mar 2007 07:34:50 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=1176#comment-14260 OK.. 2 issues here : * yap, has become trendy among government everywhere to keep eye on internet. to be honest, Iam not very sure how to react to this.. since 'Terrorism Uses the Internet'(http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr116.html) does use internet most effectively. and having side.. some many policy issues specially after 9/11(http://www.cyber-rights.org/911.htm) * anyways, google does store your data on search/mail/all google services upto 10yrs and they can use it any which way for their needs (check T&C and 'Looking inside Google -- http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1508211417393454786) since, google,largest (almost monopoly) company can profit/access it.. why not government anyways.!!? hope/trust this is used for rightful needs.. OK.. 2 issues here :

* yap, has become trendy among government everywhere to keep eye on internet. to be honest, Iam not very sure how to react to this.. since ‘Terrorism Uses the Internet’(http://www.usip.org/pubs/specialreports/sr116.html) does use internet most effectively. and having side.. some many policy issues specially after 9/11(http://www.cyber-rights.org/911.htm)

* anyways, google does store your data on search/mail/all google services upto 10yrs and they can use it any which way for their needs (check T&C and ‘Looking inside Google — http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1508211417393454786)
since, google,largest (almost monopoly) company can profit/access it.. why not government anyways.!!?

hope/trust this is used for rightful needs..

]]> By: km http://www.withinandwithout.com/2007/03/in-which-google-helps-the-indian-cops-trace-your-ip/comment-page-1/#comment-14257 km Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:18:05 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=1176#comment-14257 LOL@farrukh's idea. LOL@farrukh’s idea.

]]> By: Nilu http://www.withinandwithout.com/2007/03/in-which-google-helps-the-indian-cops-trace-your-ip/comment-page-1/#comment-14255 Nilu Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:17:43 +0000 http://www.withinandwithout.com/?p=1176#comment-14255 I nominate Pradeep for the non-brahmin of the year award. I nominate Pradeep for the non-brahmin of the year award.

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