Update: Free Software Movement Karnataka (FSMK) has said that this incident has brought to the front three important dangers that Indian mobile subscribers and Internet users face today: a. Blatant violation of the net neutrality principle b. Unabashed breach of consumer's privacy c. Threat of unregulated mass surveillance by foreign technology companies In regards to Airtel's role in this, FSMK said that: We do not believe Airtel can devolve itself from this issue as its Israeli vendor, Flash Network Ltd., has clearly mentioned in its letter to Thejesh, that the code to be injected into subscribers browsers was created and owned by Airtel. We do not agree with Airtel's excuse that the said program is only to keep track of the user's data usage. We doubt if it's even the right technical solution for that problem. We demand Airtel and all other telecom companies to disclose to its current and potential users all such practices that might affect their data privacy. We are deeply concerned about interception and modification of content by ISPs, thus violating Net Neutrality in more than one way. Earlier (June 9): Airtel has said that it had nothing to do with the cease & desist notice received by infoactivist and programmer Thejesh GN from Israel-based Flash Networks. An Airtel spokesperson told MediaNama that: We are surprised at the Cease & Desist notice served by Flash Networks to Thejesh GN, and categorically state that we have no relation, whatsoever, with the notice. As far as the allegation that Airtel had been surreptitiously injecting Java…
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