FYI - fake, of course.
Thank you.
Best,
Gautam
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From: Pranesh Prakash <pranesh(a)cis-india.org>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:31 AM
To: india-gii(a)lists.cpsr.org
Just received from Wikimedia India.
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Subject: Informing wiki users about Cert-In notice
Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 00:09:19 +0530
From: Wikipedia India Legal <wikipediaindialegaldept(a)gmail.com>
To: the.solipsist(a)gmail.com
Dear Wiki user,
We have today received a notice from the Indian Computer Emergency Response
Team (notice no. 143/2011) requiring us to disclose the wikipedia pages
opened when each Gmail/Orkut/Blogger/Youtube account was simultaneously open
in other tabs. The above measure is claimed to be in view of national
security and 24 other websites including social networking sites have been
asked to disclose various information by Saturday. We are informing you of
the same so that if you have any objection to us disclosing information to
the government about the same you may take necessary legal action. If
required by you we will be happy to furnish any additional information about
the same.
Hariraj Peddappa
Deputy General Manager,
Legal Dept,
Wikimedia India
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From: Kingsly John <member+india-gii(a)kingsly.net>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:44 AM
To: india-gii(a)lists.cpsr.org
It's April 1st...
Kingsly
+++ Pranesh Prakash [2011-04-01 00:31:10]:
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From: Banibrata Dutta <banibrata.dutta(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:43 AM
To: india-gii(a)lists.cpsr.org
Cc: Pranesh Prakash <pranesh(a)cis-india.org>
Does it mean that Wikipedia tracks (is able to track) what other URL's
were open (s.a. in other tabs) while Wikipedia was being browsed ?
Or are they tracking somehow using OpenID, or other shared
user-authentication / SSO tokens etc. ?
And what the heck does the ICERT intend to do with this information...
without a context, looks like a very unusual (stopping short of
calling it "wierd") thing to ask for !
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regards,
Banibrata
http://www.linkedin.com/in/bdutta
http://twitter.com/edgeliving
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From: Banibrata Dutta <banibrata.dutta(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:45 AM
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Darn!
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From: Debayan Banerjee <debayanin(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:47 AM
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On 1 April 2011 00:45, Banibrata Dutta <banibrata.dutta(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Darn!
<wikipediaindialegaldept(a)gmail.com> is a fake id.
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From: Pranesh Prakash <pranesh(a)cis-india.org>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:46 AM
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Got properly pranked. :) I didn't even pay attention to the e-mail
address from which the e-mail originated
"<wikipediaindialegaldept(a)gmail.com>"il.com>". Oh well.
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From: Banibrata Dutta <banibrata.dutta(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:50 AM
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Cc: Debayan Banerjee <debayanin(a)gmail.com>
Okay... where's the crown and the crowing ceremony !!
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From: J Balamurugan <balan(a)webindia.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:54 AM
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No wonder phishing is such a big business
Best regards
bala
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From: Gautam John <gkjohn(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 7:10 AM
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Hehe. Also, if it's from Wikimedia India it would be here:
http://wikimedia.in/
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From: Gautam John <gkjohn(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 7:14 AM
To: Wikimedia India EC <wikimedia-in-exec(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Heh.
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Subject: [india-gii] Fwd: Informing wiki users about Cert-In notice
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From: Pranesh Prakash <pranesh(a)cis-india.org>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:31 AM
To: india-gii(a)lists.cpsr.org
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From: Kingsly John <member+india-gii(a)kingsly.net>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:44 AM
To: india-gii(a)lists.cpsr.org
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From: Banibrata Dutta <banibrata.dutta(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:43 AM
To: india-gii(a)lists.cpsr.org
Cc: Pranesh Prakash <pranesh(a)cis-india.org>
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From: Banibrata Dutta <banibrata.dutta(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:45 AM
To: india-gii(a)lists.cpsr.org
Darn!----------
From: Debayan Banerjee <debayanin(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:47 AM
To: india-gii(a)lists.cpsr.org
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From: Pranesh Prakash <pranesh(a)cis-india.org>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:46 AM
To: india-gii(a)lists.cpsr.org
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From: Banibrata Dutta <banibrata.dutta(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:50 AM
To: india-gii(a)lists.cpsr.org
Cc: Debayan Banerjee <debayanin(a)gmail.com>
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From: J Balamurugan <balan(a)webindia.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 12:54 AM
To: india-gii(a)lists.cpsr.org
Best regards
bala
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From: Gautam John <gkjohn(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 7:10 AM
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