I believe that 'cars' and 'houses' are being used by terrorists. With this train of thought, India must ban those too. They also use 'food'.

#NonArgument #FacePalm #India #Privacy #Encryption

Excellent story covering some of the food politics in Indian universities https://www.theswaddle.com/hungry-for-education

(Vegetarian fascists are trying to make it hard for other students to eat, again)

#Food #India

Hungry For Education

Why are the country’s “best” universities the most anxious about food?

^{www.theswaddle.com}

OpenStreetMap Bengaluru has a mapping party happening next Saturday!

Indiranagar Mapping Party (with Surveillance In Bengaluru and SafeYelli)

Date: 7th October 2023
Time: 8:30AM - 11:30AM
Meeting Point: Indiranagar Basketball Club Grounds
Theme: Mapping CCTVs and Street Lights

RSVP on the OSM Calendar: https://osmcal.org/event/2357/

For those new to OSM, no prior mapping or OSM experience is needed to participate, so all are welcome to join!

#osm #osmindia #mapping #india

OSM Bengaluru Mapping Party

OSM Bengaluru Mapping Party, 7th October 8:30 – 11:30 at Indiranagar, Bengaluru in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. No prior mapping or OSM experience is needed to participate in the mapping party, all…

^{OpenStreetMap Calendar}

I hope India should never get the realisation that a terrorist can still run his own end to end encrypted chat service on the Internet.

If ever they realise this fact, they might ban the Internet on whole.

#india

We are now challenging this order to ban #element and #briar at High Court of the southern state of #Kerala

https://sflc.in/defending-digital-rights-sflc-in-assists-in-challenging-ban-on-apps/

#India #FreeSpeech

#India first democracy to ban encrypted apps like #Briar #Element & #Threema saying these were used by "terrorists": https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/apps-banned-india

#Fight4Privacy #No2Backdoors

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Scenes from a catastrophe: this is a haunting piece on the #India #Heatwaves and the future of megacities like #Kolkata, perhaps because I have read #MinistryForTheFuture.

#TheEconomist
(Sorry I have no more gift links this month.. )

Can Kolkata’s street life survive India’s record-breaking heatwaves? from @TheEconomist https://www.economist.com/1843/2023/05/11/can-kolkatas-street-life-survive-indias-record-breaking-heatwaves

Can Kolkata’s street life survive India’s record-breaking heatwaves?

A coconut seller struggles to keep himself refreshed

^{The Economist}

#India banned encrypted apps @briar @element & @threemaapp based on the argument that these apps would be used by "terrorists".

This makes India the first democracy to act like Russian or Iranian autocrats.

#Fight4Privacy #No2Backdoors

https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/apps-banned-india

India first democracy to ban encrypted messaging apps on massive scale.

Only days before Press Freedom Day, India banned apps for secure communication because of "terrorists" use.

^Tutanota

🚨 🇮🇳 #India banning #OpenSource #Matrix clients like #Element is equivalent to banning your favorite web browser or email client.

🤯 Can you imagine if Firefox, Chrome, or Thunderbird were banned nationally?

🔑 Privacy is a human right.

➡️ And governments will never stop human rights abuses by denying its citizens' human rights.

Pass it on.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/centre-blocks-14-apps-in-jammu-and-kashmir-for-spreading-terror/articleshow/99900661.cms

Centre blocks 14 apps in Jammu and Kashmir for spreading terror

India News: NEW DELHI: The Central government has blocked 14 messenger mobile applications that have been widely used in Jammu and Kashmir for spreading terror.

^{TIMESOFINDIA.COM (Times Of India)}