What is FinFisher? FinFisher or FinSpy is a piece of computer spyware designed to allow someone to spy on a computer or mobile phone. How do you get infected? Most...
Posted by | May 3, 2013
Note: This is a Bolo Bhi & Digital Rights Foundation’s open call for support for national and international human rights organizations against espionage and surveillance in Pakistan. This statement is...
Posted by | January 10, 2013
Imagine this: A six year old girl is tortured, raped and thrown on the street. She spends a week at the hospital without proper healthcare, until human rights activists create...
Posted by | November 14, 2012
KARACHI Nov. 14: Bolo Bhi expresses grave concern at the installation of international telecommunication traffic filter by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). The filter will allow government agencies to trace every call. While the...
Posted by | June 15, 2012
The Global Network Initiative hosted its first Learning Forum in Washington DC on June 14, 2012. The discussion centred on safeguarding human rights, privacy and freedom of expression on the Internet. The...
Posted by | March 19, 2012
Pakistan government must not breach the privacy of citizens by granting police access to phone data. March 19, 2012: The Pakistan Federal Minister for Interior Rehman Malik announced on May...
Posted by | February 29, 2012
What would happen if a content filtration system such as the one The National ICT R&D Fund has advertised seeking proposals for were put in place? How would it affect the privacy...
Posted by | February 28, 2012
Block, ban, censor. These seem to be the only options ever considered by the Pakistan government when it comes to the Internet. Ever since the 2010 ban on Facebook was...
Posted by | February 25, 2012
This article was originally published on Newsline's blog on June 5, 2011 Every now and then there’s an uproar about Facebook’s ever-changing privacy policy and how users’ privacy settings automatically change as...
Posted by | February 24, 2012
Collection of data by various organizations, government bodies & individuals has become such an integral part of our lives that, more often than not, we don’t even think before sharing...
