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Right now if the government wants some information from Facebook they have to go through a whole process... if the info is duplicated on a server hosted by a su

by firasd 8y ago

Right now if the government wants some information from Facebook they have to go through a whole process... if the info is duplicated on a server hosted by a subsidiary in India, we don't have strong protections where you can just send a questioning policeman away by saying, "get a warrant." In my view this is not just an 'India' thing, I'm kinda skeptical of the general anti-tech panic that's been brewing over the last couple years. I think the status quo is pretty good and don't want a bunch of government regulators from the US, Europe, China, India etc to be getting all up in Google's business telling them how to run Youtube.

eklavya 8y ago
It’s like the whole prism thing never happened. Leave out US from all such discussions. They have everybody’s data.
- firasd 8y ago
  We know the NSA sucks up a ton of internet traffic but what I'm referring to under the umbrella of tech debates is, for example, the wide availability of encryption (so random traffic cops can't unlock your phone), which is an ongoing debate in the US and also mentioned in this article about India.
IllogicalLogic 8y ago
So, we just default to all data being siphoned into the US so it has a monopoly on PII (personal identifiable information)...? Seriously, no way any asian country should trust foreign countries, that very recently invaded/enslaved them, with their data. China, India, Russia, etc... all have domestic populations that need to flex their political muscle to achieve freedom in their respective countries, the west can't and won't save you unless there is big money involved (with that money will come foreign corruption)... Protip: Solve your problems locally, and reap the economic benefit of building your own Indian/Chinese Google... it isn't rocket science and the exercise will be good for your people.
cryptozeus 8y ago
Sure because fb, google knows how to protect your data ..eh ! I agree with your general view point but no one side is right here. Solution is complicated
wtmt 8y ago
> In my view this is not just an 'India' thing, I'm kinda skeptical of the general anti-tech panic that's been brewing over the last couple years. I think the status quo is pretty good and don't want a bunch of government regulators from the US, Europe, China, India etc to be getting all up in Google's business telling them how to run Youtube. Exactly. And I'd also rather we have end-to-end encryption being commonly available so that no options, except perhaps normal cellular telephony, can be trivially tapped by governments.

by firasd 8y ago

eklavya 8y ago

It’s like the whole prism thing never happened. Leave out US from all such discussions. They have everybody’s data.

firasd 8y ago
We know the NSA sucks up a ton of internet traffic but what I'm referring to under the umbrella of tech debates is, for example, the wide availability of encryption (so random traffic cops can't unlock your phone), which is an ongoing debate in the US and also mentioned in this article about India.

IllogicalLogic 8y ago

So, we just default to all data being siphoned into the US so it has a monopoly on PII (personal identifiable information)...? Seriously, no way any asian country should trust foreign countries, that very recently invaded/enslaved them, with their data. China, India, Russia, etc... all have domestic populations that need to flex their political muscle to achieve freedom in their respective countries, the west can't and won't save you unless there is big money involved (with that money will come foreign corruption)... Protip: Solve your problems locally, and reap the economic benefit of building your own Indian/Chinese Google... it isn't rocket science and the exercise will be good for your people.

cryptozeus 8y ago

Sure because fb, google knows how to protect your data ..eh ! I agree with your general view point but no one side is right here. Solution is complicated

wtmt 8y ago

> In my view this is not just an 'India' thing, I'm kinda skeptical of the general anti-tech panic that's been brewing over the last couple years. I think the status quo is pretty good and don't want a bunch of government regulators from the US, Europe, China, India etc to be getting all up in Google's business telling them how to run Youtube. Exactly. And I'd also rather we have end-to-end encryption being commonly available so that no options, except perhaps normal cellular telephony, can be trivially tapped by governments.