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Mar 28 • 20 tweets • 6 min read
Did you know that until 2022 any installed app on Android could see all other apps on your phone without permission? Now, devs need to declare which apps they need visibility to in AndroidManifest.xml
I was curious to see which Indian apps were spying on my installed apps 👇
Let’s start with Swiggy. It has a staggering 154 package names listed in its manifest file, allowing it to query those apps on my phone. Here’s the full list.
How is knowing whether I have the Xbox or the Playstation app help them deliver groceries to my doorstep?
Aug 7, 2022 • 22 tweets • 7 min read
I was on the IMDb page for an upcoming Ranbir Kapoor movie Animal. In the cast details, I found a name I didn’t recognize.
Finding out about this guy led me to the world of how young Indian men from small towns are gaming the system to manufacture their fake online clout 👇
So who is this guy? I had not heard of him before and he is named in the “Top cast” category for this movie, alongside Ranbir Kapoor.
I checked his IMDb page and this is what his bio and filmography look like.
Jul 21, 2022 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
#TIL that Shammi Kapoor was one of the first users of the Internet in India
He was the founder & chairman of the Internet Users Club of India. I can't wrap my head around how someone like Shammi Kapoor was in the thick of the internet movement in India?
I did some digging 👇
I found this dead website mafatlal.co.in on the Internet Archive. It was one of the first domains with a ".co.in" TLD.
It was owned by this guy: Miheer Mafatlal and it hosted the IUCI webpage. As tech people stereotypes go, he sure does look the part.
