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by shabda 1968 days ago
The Supreme Court of India declared the right to privacy a fundamental right under Article 21 - as the same level as right to life and personal liberty. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/08/indias-supreme-court-u...

This ruling was one the the landmark rulings in recent times, and a true David vs Goliath story - where a small group of privacy activists won against mandatory Aadhaar.

While it is true that right to privacy implementation remains patchy, there is growing awareness around privacy - both from government, and against large corporations. For example, half of my contact list is now on Signal and last week I had more chats on Signal than on WA.