About #SnooperDiaries: We read about Hacking Team and its involvement in Pakistan. And then the Privacy International report on surveillance in Pakistan. We of course knew about FinFisher already. So...
Posted by | July 24, 2015
Fact: Over 70% of Pakistan’s population has mobile phone subscriptions Fact: 11% (approximately) of Pakistan’s population uses the Internet Fact: All those using the above-mentioned services are under surveillance Privacy...
Posted by | July 24, 2015
It comes as no surprise, especially after the Snowden revelations, that surveillance is taking place in Pakistan. Privacy International's report only confirms what Bolo Bhi, like many others, have believed for...
Posted by | July 22, 2015
Looking back 20 years from now, who would’ve thought anything like the internet would ever exist? Days when the most convenient source of communication were landlines and the only way...
Posted by | July 15, 2015
On July 5, 2015, an unidentified group of hackers published 400 gigabytes worth of internal data from Italian company Hacking Team (HT), which for a long time has been accused...
Posted by | July 1, 2015
PECB2015: The Story So Far PECO (Pakistan Electronic Crimes Ordinance) was promulgated by then President Pervez Musharraf in 2007. Since it was an ordinance, it lapsed in 2009. PECO was...
Posted by | May 27, 2015
As Internet.org prepares to launch in Pakistan, Bolo Bhi would like to reiterate its concerns regarding the platform. On an open Internet, users should be able access all content, applications and...
Posted by | May 22, 2015
Update on today's meeting: When we found out that the invitation to today's standing committee on IT meeting had been further restricted to 5 people and all JAC members had...
Posted by | May 20, 2015
PEC Bill/2015: INDUSTRY AND CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS STRONGLY REFUTE IT STATE MINISTER’S DELIBERATE DISTORTIONS AND ALLEGATIONS AND DEMAND PUBLIC HEARING 20 May 2015 We, the Joint Action Committee...
Posted by | May 7, 2015
As per the official call for public input on the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015 issued by Chairman NA Standing Committee on IT, the Joint Action Committee on May...
