Comments on: Google Handing Over IPs http://www.nartv.org/2007/11/07/google-handing-over-ips/ Malware Explorer Thu, 16 Dec 2010 03:51:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: anon http://www.nartv.org/2007/11/07/google-handing-over-ips/comment-page-1/#comment-270964 anon Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:03:59 +0000 http://www.nartv.org/2007/11/07/google-handing-over-ips/#comment-270964 A polite request from Indian Police is all it takes for Google USA to release IP addresses. I do not see Google USA demanding a higher standard, such as production of a Court Order, in a situation I am familiar with. In this case, Google USA has relied on Indian Criminal Procedure Code Section 91(1) which they consider as binding on them to produce any information asked for by Indian Police. To boot, the Indian Police seem to have an even lower standard. They seem eager to discover IP's on behalf of various "aggrieved parties" upon request, e.g. in a situation where a company wants to shut down a blog criticizing their product or service through "SLAPP" types of threats. (The misuse of Police could be through existing ingrained networks of corruption, or it could be a more sophisticated abuse of process, but the results are the same!) A polite request from Indian Police is all it takes for Google USA to release IP addresses. I do not see Google USA demanding a higher standard, such as production of a Court Order, in a situation I am familiar with.

In this case, Google USA has relied on Indian Criminal Procedure Code Section 91(1) which they consider as binding on them to produce any information asked for by Indian Police.

To boot, the Indian Police seem to have an even lower standard. They seem eager to discover IP’s on behalf of various “aggrieved parties” upon request, e.g. in a situation where a company wants to shut down a blog criticizing their product or service through “SLAPP” types of threats.

(The misuse of Police could be through existing ingrained networks of corruption, or it could be a more sophisticated abuse of process, but the results are the same!)

]]> By: Teeth Maestro http://www.nartv.org/2007/11/07/google-handing-over-ips/comment-page-1/#comment-200287 Teeth Maestro Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:44:49 +0000 http://www.nartv.org/2007/11/07/google-handing-over-ips/#comment-200287 Wow another giant chickens out in lure for big bucks Do we have any hope or privacy is a thing of the past not considered sacred to protect with ones dear life Wow another giant chickens out in lure for big bucks

Do we have any hope or privacy is a thing of the past not considered sacred to protect with ones dear life

]]> By: Google händigt IPs aus! : simoncolumbus.de http://www.nartv.org/2007/11/07/google-handing-over-ips/comment-page-1/#comment-200218 Google händigt IPs aus! : simoncolumbus.de Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:58:44 +0000 http://www.nartv.org/2007/11/07/google-handing-over-ips/#comment-200218 [...] Nart Villeneuve berichtet, dass Google die IP-Adresse eines Orkut-Users an indische Polizeibehörden auslieferte. Lakshmana Kailash K. hatte angeblich “beleidigende” Bilder des indischen Nationalhelden Chhatrapati Shivaji hochgeladen - ein fragwürdiges Delikt. [...] [...] Nart Villeneuve berichtet, dass Google die IP-Adresse eines Orkut-Users an indische Polizeibehörden auslieferte. Lakshmana Kailash K. hatte angeblich “beleidigende” Bilder des indischen Nationalhelden Chhatrapati Shivaji hochgeladen – ein fragwürdiges Delikt. [...]

]]> By: Google Joins Yahoo in Handing Over Info to Police : Committee to Protect Bloggers http://www.nartv.org/2007/11/07/google-handing-over-ips/comment-page-1/#comment-200209 Google Joins Yahoo in Handing Over Info to Police : Committee to Protect Bloggers Wed, 07 Nov 2007 16:35:50 +0000 http://www.nartv.org/2007/11/07/google-handing-over-ips/#comment-200209 [...] Nart Villeneuve reports that Google handed over information on one of the users of its Orkut social network to Indian police. After a request from Indian Law Enforcement, Google handed over the IP address of an Orkut user. The Indian Law Enforcement asked the ISP Airtel for information about the “owner” of that IP and Lakshmana Kailash K. was arrested. However, it turns out that Airtel did not hand over the correct information to Indian police, Mr. Kailash was released three weeks later. [...] [...] Nart Villeneuve reports that Google handed over information on one of the users of its Orkut social network to Indian police. After a request from Indian Law Enforcement, Google handed over the IP address of an Orkut user. The Indian Law Enforcement asked the ISP Airtel for information about the “owner” of that IP and Lakshmana Kailash K. was arrested. However, it turns out that Airtel did not hand over the correct information to Indian police, Mr. Kailash was released three weeks later. [...]

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