Bharti Airtel has again made headlines for all the wrong reasons. After angering Internet users in India with its ambitious VoIP pack and Airtel Zero plan, the telecom giant has been now accused of spying on its 3G mobile Internet subscribers.
It all started with a tweet from Bengaluru-based programmer named Thejesh GN (@thej) claiming that “Airtel 3G is injecting javascript into your browsing session” over its 3G network. Later, Airtel in a statement accepted the existence of this code by saying that the said “solution” (or code) is deployed to help customers keep track of data consumption and ultimately better “customer experience”.
Thejesh further revealed that Airtel has actually partnered with Ericsson to get this so called data tracker solution. He made the codes or the “solution” public on code-repository website called GitHub. Soon after that he received a cease and desist legal notice from Flash Networks for making a proprietary code public. So, Airtel’s solution is actually made by Flash Networks and Ericsson simply offered this service to Airtel.
http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/technology-others/is-airtel-spying-on-its-3g-subscribers-programmer-reveal-codes/
It all started with a tweet from Bengaluru-based programmer named Thejesh GN (@thej) claiming that “Airtel 3G is injecting javascript into your browsing session” over its 3G network. Later, Airtel in a statement accepted the existence of this code by saying that the said “solution” (or code) is deployed to help customers keep track of data consumption and ultimately better “customer experience”.
Thejesh further revealed that Airtel has actually partnered with Ericsson to get this so called data tracker solution. He made the codes or the “solution” public on code-repository website called GitHub. Soon after that he received a cease and desist legal notice from Flash Networks for making a proprietary code public. So, Airtel’s solution is actually made by Flash Networks and Ericsson simply offered this service to Airtel.
http://indianexpress.com/article/technology/technology-others/is-airtel-spying-on-its-3g-subscribers-programmer-reveal-codes/
