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india for the last couple of years has been cracking down on "whatsapp groups" in occupied kashmir for reasons unknown. the encryption has not helped them becau
by 2Gkashmiri 6y ago
india for the last couple of years has been cracking down on "whatsapp groups" in occupied kashmir for reasons unknown. the encryption has not helped them because now they cant just use their homegrown network analyzer called "netra" to sift through whatsapp messages like they do on facebook. instead they opted to have whatsapp admins get "registered" and "licensed" to operate their groups. this resulted in being called into the police station and having this pegasus and other shit installed so that they can get backdoor access.
https://thenextweb.com/in/2020/01/08/kashmirs-police-want-people-to-register-their-whatsapp-groups/ https://thenextweb.com/in/2020/01/08/kashmirs-police-want-pe...
https://m.thewire.in/article/government/kargil-police-asks-admins-of-whatsapp-groups-to-register-with-local-police https://m.thewire.in/article/government/kargil-police-asks-a...
https://www.firstpost.com/india/jammu-and-kashmirs-kishtwar-orders-whatapp-group-admins-to-register-forums-to-fight-fake-news-activists-unconvinced-4705851.html https://www.firstpost.com/india/jammu-and-kashmirs-kishtwar-...
https://theintercept.com/2020/12/06/kashmir-social-media-police/ https://theintercept.com/2020/12/06/kashmir-social-media-pol...
the one thing these media outlets don't outrightly say is the reason why admins are told to report to police stations and someone on twitter has an answer to that.
https://mobile.twitter.com/CRolanova/status/1260932017916506113 https://mobile.twitter.com/CRolanova/status/1260932017916506...
- smashah 6y agoI did not know this. This is incredibly concerning and warrants another HN post on its own. Thanks for sharing
- 2Gkashmiri 6y agonot an issue. i just crossed the 500 days of no high speed mobile internet so yeah, fuck tyrant governments