How Corporations Steal Your Data & Hack Your Mind | Dostcast w/ Apar Gupta

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Apar Gupta is a Supreme Court lawyer and co-founder of the Internet Freedom Foundation. He was part of the legal team behind Shreya Singhal v. Union of India — the case that struck down Section 66A of the IT Act. For over a decade, Apar has litigated India's biggest digital rights cases — fighting censorship, mass surveillance, and blocking orders against every government in power, not just this one. Where most tech commentary in India stays in English op-eds, he operates inside the courtrooms actually shaping what you can post, watch, and read online. Blunt, uninterested in TV-panel theatrics, and clear that free speech in India isn't dying — it's being managed.

In this episode, Vinamre and Apar discuss:

• Data mining at cafes, individualised pricing, and dark patterns — how apps and websites are quietly building a profile on you before you've even signed up
• Hyderabad as the most surveilled city in the world, David Headley and the 26/11 tapes, and why "national security" has become the master password for every intrusion
• AI and privacy — books being pulped so LLMs can train on them, an AI-written manifesto shipped with cyber vulnerabilities, and why lawyers (including Apar) are already using Claude
• Fighting every government, not just this one — 6000 blocking orders, the Section 66A win, and the quiet deals platforms like Meta and X have cut with the Indian state
• The self-censorship economy — why creators are pulling their own posts, why Elon's X is still running when other platforms folded, and what politicians want from podcasters

Follow Apar Gupta on:

X: https://x.com/apar1984
Internet Freedom Foundation: https://internetfreedom.in


Timestamps:

0:00 – Coming Up
1:30 – Data Mining At Cafes
6:15 – Individualised Pricing Explained
10:34 – Dark Patterns In Apps
12:07 – How Cookies Track You
15:08 – Who Sells Your Data
18:11 – Right To Privacy India
22:43 – Indian Police Structure Problem
24:51 – Hyderabad Most Surveilled City
25:43 – National Security vs Privacy
28:45 – 26/11 & David Headley
31:50 – Running AI On Your Data
37:50 – How Apar Stays Private
38:52 – Health Tracking & Screen Time
40:19 – Books Pulped For AI
43:09 – AI-Written Manifestos
44:35 – Lawyers Using Claude AI
46:14 – Why Telegram Got Banned
51:16 – WhatsApp vs Telegram vs Signal
53:30 – How Apar Started IFF
59:07 – Fighting Every Government
1:00:38 – Free Speech In India
1:04:10 – RK Laxman & Satire
1:08:10 – Govt Deal With Meta & X
1:12:10 – Congress Era Censorship
1:17:12 – 6000 Blocking Orders
1:21:30 – Creators Self-Censoring
1:26:16 – Why X Still Runs In India
1:30:48 – Clickbait Headlines Game
1:33:48 – Rise Of New Media
1:36:48 – Politicians & Podcasters
1:42:51 – Substack & Media Prestige
1:45:38 – Future Of Internet Freedom
1:48:56 – Digital Literacy & Jobs
1:53:27 – Can We Log Off?
1:57:59 – Writing On Paper Again
2:01:34 – Dark Web Reality
2:04:01 – Nehru Place Computer Market
2:04:38 – Blue Whale Challenge
2:07:07 – Apar's Book Influences
2:13:12 – Conclusion


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Vinamre Kasanaa is a writer at heart, podcaster and entrepreneur by craft.
He spends a significant part of his time reading and researching.
With over 500 podcasts under his belt, he’s interviewed everyone—from HNIs and industry leaders to everyday superheroes.

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