In India, it is illegal to operate an open unauthenticated wifi. All public Internet access requires a secure auth and you have to present a government ID to th

In India, it is illegal to operate an open unauthenticated wifi. All public Internet access requires a secure auth and you have to present a government ID to the operator to get access. (This applies to getting a mobile SIM card or landline Internet at home as well). This is to deter anonymous illicit activity being conducted from from public Internet locations (like cafes, bus/train/airport stations etc.) Also, same real identity requirement is now applied to VPN operators. Additionally, they have to collect and retain traffic logs, and cooperate with government cybercrime investigations. Obviously there are potential loopholes – apparently a lot of VPN services are planning to continue operating services with Indian residents with servers not physically hosted in India without logs. Apple with its Private Relay and now Microsoft with Edge Browser VPN – don't provide VPN with exit nodes hosted in foreign jurisdictions. I'm curious to know if they will cooperate with requirements to collect/retain logs as well.