India has mandated smartphone makers to preload the Sanchar Saathi cyber safety app on all new devices to combat telecom cybercrime. This authoritarian move dangerously compromises citizen privacy under the guise of security, revealing how nationalistic policies can become Trojan horses for digital surveillance.
The New York Times utilizes cookies and similar tracking technologies across its digital properties, engaging 340 vendors to process personal data including unique identifiers, browsing history, and precise geolocation for advertising and service development. This sprawling and opaque digital surveillance network, operating under the guise of 'personalization,' represents a breathtaking assault on individual privacy and the foundational American principle of being secure in one's own digital person.
