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by ketanpkr 2698 days ago
> Honest question:- Does a typical Indian care about privacy/security?

It depends, what you mean by "privacy". A vast majority of Indians grow up in an environment with lack of privacy in personal life. Imagine 3-4 people (or more) in a family growing up in a 2 room accommodation.

Most people I know, have no issues giving away PII: phone numbers, addresses, income-tax identifier, aadhar (social security numbers, for those unaware).

> Also are privacy/security laws enforced as strongly in India as other parts of the world?

Not quite. Law enforcement, and the general public is not really aware of a lot of these laws. Right to privacy being a fundamental right was something that was debated in the courts in 2017.

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> A vast majority of Indians grow up in an environment with lack of privacy in personal life. Imagine 3-4 people (or more) in a family growing up in a 2 room accommodation.

That is a good perspective on how your social life in the real world indirectly effects your online world. Thanks for sharing

Yep.

Grew up with 6 people in a 2 bed apartment and our family income put us squarely in the middle class.

My neighbours at one point, had ~8 people in a 1 bedroom. I used to think of myself as the one with the big house.

Privacy was a dream. My parents themselves didn't get privacy, let alone us kids.