Making Privacy The New Normal, Everyday

Marketing Team
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19/5/2022
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2 minutes 30 seconds

Does your internet provider know everything about you? Were you comfortable in the knowledge that your search data is safe and private? Well, it may not remain so for long. VPN providers are being prompted to store user data for the next five years. Are you on the side lines, wondering what the fuss is all about?

A few days back, India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) put out a directive requiring anonymous and privacy-first internet services to store user data and report data breaches, dealing a swift blow to individual privacy. Many service providers are now faced with a tough choice – should they shut shop in India, or do away with the privacy they promised users? 

While not everyone may be as steadfast about their privacy requirements, many sections of the populace, including journalists, social activists, and whistle blowers, need a mask of anonymity to protect themselves, and their internet footprints, as they take on powerful organisations – a typical David and Goliath tale. In this scenario, MeitY’s directive comes as a double whammy because VPNs were the only way for many people to maintain even a modicum of privacy in this data-driven ecosystem.  

 

This issue, which is seeing a ferocious battle of wills between privacy-focused agencies and the government body, has brought to fore another common problem suffered by all of us. Just a cursory glance at your smartphone will show you a number of unidentified and spam callers in your list, making you wonder who these people are and how they get hold of your personal number. Remember the supermarket you visited last month? They asked for your number and you gave it away without a second thought… there are a number of such instances whereby marketing companies, brands, and even fraudsters can find your number and take away even the semblance of privacy.

Just yesterday, Neha, a 30-year old who recently moved to Delhi, was complaining about how she was afraid of sharing her number on a property-searching platform. “I will start getting spam calls and will have to fend off troublesome agents if I give them my number,” she said. Well, not if she uses a Doosra virtual number! With her easily accessible Doosra virtual number, Neha can input digits which are not, in any way, connected to her personal number, safeguarding her from spammers and fraudsters who wish to delve into her private details.   

   

A service focused on the privacy manifesto, and keen on offering absolute anonymity to its users, Doosra protects your fundamental right to privacy by bringing the control back to you even as you navigate a broken system which sees people as data points. With a Doosra virtual number, you can share your contact details without a second thought, and safeguard yourself from the unwanted attention bestowed upon you by advertisers, marketers, and spam callers.

Doosra’s features enable you to block spam and receive calls from only your trusted contacts. You can also share a secret code with people who need to bypass the call block or opt for voice messages from unidentified numbers to verify their authenticity. Your VPN data may get compromised but Doosra will protect your privacy with absolute caller anonymity.