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Thejesh GN demands apology from Flash Networks for violation of privacy

Bangalore-based infoactivist and programmer Thejesh GN, who had been sent a cease & desist notice by Flash Networks, has mentioned that his decision to publish the findings on GitHub "is a common practice for anyone involved with scholarly research on breach of security issues on the internet," in his legal reply to the company. He said that the intention was to highlight the malicious manner in which this code had been inserted unlawfully into his website, and to educate and inform the general public about it. You can read the entire reply here. Thejesh also mentions that it is "commonly accepted that whenever one encounters any inserted scripts, viruses or spyware, you publish them as supporting document and evidence so other researchers can review your investigation by looking into it." Thejesh has demanded that Flash Networks should offer an unconditional apology for attempting to insert a "malicious piece of code" into his website, which has affected the functionality of the website (making it slow), for negatively impacting his reputation and for violation of privacy. How it all began Earlier this month, Thejesh had noticed that Airtel was injecting Java script into its users browsing session without seeking user consent. Apparently, the code had been trying to insert a toolbar into the user’s browsing session. He later received a cease & desist notice from the Israel-based Flash Networks, that had written the piece of Javascript code. Interestingly, the notice sent to Thejesh had alleged that Thejesh’s actions were an act of copyright infringement as per the IT ACT, 2000 and the Indian Penal Code.…

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