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    Ein kanadischer Ultraläufer wurde in Indien verhaftet, weil er ein Garmin inReach bei sich trug

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    3. nobody_smith723 on

      so to recap. she went to a foreign country. broke the law. and suffered consequences as a result.

      headline reads a lot differently if:

      “India, a country with a law banning people from owning devices that communicate with gps satelites, detained a canadian citizen, but after making sure this person was not a terrorist/threat, was let go”

      some of those mountainous regions are hotspots for criminal activity. sat phones, and other gps communication tech, can be used by people smuggling drugs/terrorists. etc.

      when you travel you’re subject to the laws of the countries you visit. when you cross international borders it’s in your interest to be ultra vigilant with regards to laws/rights surrounding technology.

      plenty of things are weirdly banned, or illegal. or you have wildly varying rights to privacy on your devices at borders.

    4. rocketwikkit on

      So modern iPhones are illegal in India? I’ve been to about fifty countries, would think to wonder about bringing a drone but wouldn’t worry that my phone was illegal.

    5. FancySumo on

      Her mistake is to take India as a free democratic country. In reality it’s just a propaganda. India has received a lot of beautification in western media for the competition against Russia and China.

    6. Jazzlike_770 on

      I read somewhere that satellite comms are not allowed in India.

    8. SportsUtilityVulva9 on

      Certain countries are not safe for women traveling alone

    10. Justanotherattempd on

      😂 what a stupid country. I wouldn’t have gone anyway, because the poverty and crime rates are laughably high, but now there is just one more reason to never go there.

    11. sf_d on

      My iPhone 16 Pro Max (US) allows satellite messaging when out of celluler network?

      I am traveling to India in the next few months. Is this a banned device in India ?

      Edit: iPhone 16 Pro Max.

    12. ThreeBelugas on

      From the article, Afghanistan, Ukrainian Crimea, Cuba, Georgia, Iran, North Korea, Myanmar, Sudan, Syria, Thailand, Vietnam, China, and Russia also regulate the use of satellite communicator. I plan to visit some of countries in the future, TIL.

    15. another24tiger on

      For all the folks asking “well what about modern iPhones”. All iPhones whether originally sold in India or brought to India by travellers automatically disable any satellite comms while in India. It’s a geofence. This also applies to any other state where satellite comms (or other features) are banned by law.

    17. CanIEatAPC on

      They banned talcum powder recently, I think for domestic flights. I was so mad. This is the country of talcum powder bro! My sister got it from England for me!

    18. pzombielover on

      About 10 years ago, New Delhi airport security pulled me from the line into a room and there on the table was my checked luggage. In the bag, I had about 25 small packages that were wrapped in multiple layers of newspaper and taped. These were inexpensive assorted souvenirs and gifts like sterling silver jewelry, some statuettes, crafts and similar items. They opened every single thing. Finding nothing, they wrapped it all up and repacked my bag. It took about 1 1/2 hours. By some miracle, they held the plane. I remember the angry passenger’s faces. They must have been sitting there for more than
      an hour. Somehow, they got my bag to my destination at the same time as the other passengers and I will never understand how they did that. I think of it now and wonder in horror what would have happened to me had they planted something in my bag and arrested me.

    19. Joshee86 on

      Does this not apply to GPS in general as well? Does India just not use navigation as a whole?

    21. MonsieurKnife on

      Still, nice to finally see a post about a woman in India that doesn’t involve a rape.

    22. Raghavendra98 on

      The comments are a perfect example of disinformation.

      Do your fricking research before entering a country.

      Garmin’s own website says their satellite products are prohibited in India.

    23. hawkwings on

      There are so many laws in the world that it is hard to remember all of them.

    24. Elsa_Versailles on

      > Terrorist attack of 2008, when an Islamist militia used satellite communicators to coordinate bombings and shootings

      Ah yes terrorist would definitely register their device to be legal.

    26. EnigmaShroud on

      So is my smartphone and Garmin Fenix allowed?

      My laptop has GPS also…. ?

    27. MrJingleJangle on

      If you are bringing a sailboat into India you must declare to their border people what communications technology you have, and they require some types of equipment to be sealed as unusable for the duration of your time in Indian territorial area.

    28. DunderFlippin on

      This reminds me of the 70s. You were looked down suspiciously if you carried a photographic camera to another country. Everyone was paranoid and dumb back then.

    29. MTLinVAN on

      This could also very well be a targeted arrest against a Canadian citizen as India has unquestionably tried to fuck with our democracy here in Canada.

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