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Honest question:- Does a typical Indian care about privacy/security? When I was their I had my colleagues mention that most of them find any kind of password a

Honest question:- Does a typical Indian care about privacy/security? When I was their I had my colleagues mention that most of them find any kind of password a burden to use a service that they see usage drop significantly if they enforce strong password requirements. I don’t think that is a reason not to, I am just saying what the reality seems to be. Hopefully it’s just a subset of population and most of them (increasingly) care about security. Also are privacy/security laws enforced as strongly in India as other parts of the world?

_s 8y ago
From the few I just asked; no.
ketanpkr 8y ago
> Honest question:- Does a typical Indian care about privacy/security? It depends, what you mean by "privacy". A vast majority of Indians grow up in an environment with lack of privacy in personal life. Imagine 3-4 people (or more) in a family growing up in a 2 room accommodation. Most people I know, have no issues giving away PII: phone numbers, addresses, income-tax identifier, aadhar (social security numbers, for those unaware). > Also are privacy/security laws enforced as strongly in India as other parts of the world? Not quite. Law enforcement, and the general public is not really aware of a lot of these laws. Right to privacy being a fundamental right was something that was debated in the courts in 2017.
- victor106 8y ago
  > A vast majority of Indians grow up in an environment with lack of privacy in personal life. Imagine 3-4 people (or more) in a family growing up in a 2 room accommodation. That is a good perspective on how your social life in the real world indirectly effects your online world. Thanks for sharing
  - screye 8y ago
    Yep. Grew up with 6 people in a 2 bed apartment and our family income put us squarely in the middle class. My neighbours at one point, had ~8 people in a 1 bedroom. I used to think of myself as the one with the big house. Privacy was a dream. My parents themselves didn't get privacy, let alone us kids.
acct1771 8y ago
How often do you use the airbags, anyway?

_s 8y ago

From the few I just asked; no.

ketanpkr 8y ago

> Honest question:- Does a typical Indian care about privacy/security? It depends, what you mean by "privacy". A vast majority of Indians grow up in an environment with lack of privacy in personal life. Imagine 3-4 people (or more) in a family growing up in a 2 room accommodation. Most people I know, have no issues giving away PII: phone numbers, addresses, income-tax identifier, aadhar (social security numbers, for those unaware). > Also are privacy/security laws enforced as strongly in India as other parts of the world? Not quite. Law enforcement, and the general public is not really aware of a lot of these laws. Right to privacy being a fundamental right was something that was debated in the courts in 2017.

victor106 8y ago
> A vast majority of Indians grow up in an environment with lack of privacy in personal life. Imagine 3-4 people (or more) in a family growing up in a 2 room accommodation. That is a good perspective on how your social life in the real world indirectly effects your online world. Thanks for sharing
- screye 8y ago
  Yep. Grew up with 6 people in a 2 bed apartment and our family income put us squarely in the middle class. My neighbours at one point, had ~8 people in a 1 bedroom. I used to think of myself as the one with the big house. Privacy was a dream. My parents themselves didn't get privacy, let alone us kids.

acct1771 8y ago

How often do you use the airbags, anyway?