Hackers will always target companies and govts, nothing new 
  
 Did you ask how we can trust Indian govt after their multiple data leaks and breaches? 😂

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As per this post details leaked are 

Name
Phone number 
DOB
Parents name
Email
Govt Id

Data leaked: Data of Airtel’s 375 Million Indian customers is up for sale🙄

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Btw congratulations to all the Airtel Users

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Airtel deleted their reply after this :D

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Still, a large portion of the population believes that the following scenarios can't happen:

1. Mobile apps don't track and listen to your phone calls to show you the products you want.
2. The government is not spying on you.
3. Your private videos are safe and cannot be accessed by the mobile apps you use.
4. Credit card companies can't access your contact list and call your family members and friends in case of default.
5. Your anonymous online activities can't be traced by aggregating the data you provide on different platforms.
6. Some might say, 'What if they have my data? I'm not Ambani.' But don't underestimate the potential consequences.
7. Telecom companies store all your critical information, including your bank and UPI pin if you used their data for transactions (you can find more information in Airtel and Jio privacy concerns sections).

Believe me, anything is possible, and as a tech enthusiast, if you dismiss these concerns with a casual 'Nah,' Bhai or kisi ka pta nhi AI tumhari job jaroor replace karega ek din.

This five year old tweet is getting viral again.

Post inspired from another post. What is your method to deal with spam calls? 

What I have tried and it worked well for me:
 Get Android phone. 
 Get Truecaller. 
 Block all calls not in the phone book. 
 Do this for a month. All callers will find your number unresponsive and remove you from calling lists.  
  
 If you are expecting unknown calls like Swiggy/Zomato/Amazon, unblock momentarily till the delivery. 

Your number has been public. Your telecom sells it, bank sells it, Universities sell it, discoms sells it. Your number is sold as soon as you buy a new SIM from a telecom. If there's a buyer, even you wud sell your number for a good price. Weird world. 

Even TRAI is useless and doesn't execute fines plus the onus is on you to complain and report via a stupid needless form for every spam. 

In India, Truecaller is a 99% good solution.I  know some friends in sales & call centers who mentioned they don't wanna waste effort & time with non-converting leads. So they update their calling lists & non-responsive numbers are filtered out. So every 6mo, I block all unknown numbers and monitor my spams. Worked well.

Spam calls from telemarketers

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Infosys founder Narayana Murthy has doubled down on his controversial advice to young people in India to work 70 hours a week, saying the country's educated population owes it to the less fortunate to work "extremely hard".

"People Called Me...": Narayana Murthy On Backlash Over "70-Hour" Advice

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I have been using the same phone number for more than 15 years and I’m getting a minimum of 7-8 calls everyday from
financial services, charity, insurance etc. I’ve never made any loan inquiries. Also enabled DND from the day I remember. However, this keeps me bothering. Any hacks to get rid of these spammers? 

I have more than 800 numbers in my block list…. But still…

How to get rid of spam calls and messages?

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Is there anyone from Paytm who knows what's going on ?

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Company with 10 Cr profit donates 425 Crores to Electoral Bonds. and the guy who owns it is head of accounts for Mota Bhai

Dheere Dheere sab insighs aa jaayenge

Dont get your hopes high. Kuch nhi hone wala. The average voter is dumb. He won't understand this and still vote for them

Aadhar data of 815 million Indians has been compromised

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If you are looking for better spam call blocker app similar to truecaller then what are the few things which as a user you guys will expect as a user ? 

Truecaller now only about ads now a days, finally decided to build android app. 

Regarding data and other stuff will figure out something.

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