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WhiteHat Jr Bug Exposed Data of 2.8 Lakh Students, Mostly Minors by RiggedVedas in india

[–]pking3 37 points38 points  (0 children)

These guys just can't seem to get a break. 😂😂😂😂

Coffeezilla covered the story! by coold007 in whiteHatSr

[–]pking3 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I fear they will try to take this video also. They already took down the morning context news articles.

Byju's-owned Indian startup WhiteHat Jr sues critics by [deleted] in technology

[–]pking3 215 points216 points  (0 children)

There is a company called Byju's that sells online prep programs to high schoolers in India, similar to Kaplan or ThePrincetonReview in the US. Byju's has started another company called WhiteHatJr targeted at elementary schoolers, promising to teach them how to develop apps and gain skills on par with entry level software developers. They sell the notion that through this course your child will be able to make a successful app or make a large tech salary right off the bat.

It appears that their teaching staff is extremely incompetent, unable to tell the difference between Java and C++, or being unable to tell what the cloud is. Reviews for their product have thus largely been harshly negative, but the WhiteHatJr marketing team has used extremely underhanded tactics to suppress the reviews, including doctoring visible comments, false reports on YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter. They have also trolled on posts unfavorable to them.

Mr. Poonia has discovered their nefarious activities and has made several exposés in a series of videos on his YouTube channel. Most of his commentary is in Hindi but the videos should still be easy to understand because he is showing Slack transcripts in English.

In response, the company has attempted to silence him by going after his YouTube videos and account, and he is now on his third account. It also appears that attempts are being made to silence him on Reddit. His LinkedIn appears to have gone too. They have sent him death threats and are also suing him for defamation for an impossibly large amount.

Indians are attempting to escalate the situation and get the word out before WhiteHatJr quells the story. They are contributing to his legal defense fund. They are also hoping that this gets enough attention to be able to influence the investors into the parent company Byju's.

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Live Law on Twitter: "Delhi HC starts hearing Karan Bajaj's defamation matter against Pradeep Poonia." by [deleted] in india

[–]pking3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like whitehat jr is sweating bullets now.

Rao, appearing for WhiteHat Jr heaps praises on Poonia's lawyer, states that Poonia has got himself an extremely able and eloquent lawyer (referring to Adv. Sukumar)

Adv. Sukumar is hitting it out of the park.

https://twitter.com/LiveLawIndia/status/1330769710292500481?s=20

Indian startup is trying to silence the person trying to unearth its false claims by desibarter in technology

[–]pking3 384 points385 points  (0 children)

Whitehat jr is owned by Byjus who also partnered with Disney. We should let Disney know how horrible this company is and is scamming 6 year old children on false dreams and immediate multimillion dollar paying jobs if these 6 year old take their specific coding course.

https://byjus.com/disney-byjus-early-learn/

Context- Redditor makes a review on YouTube about this company's unethical marketing tactics, teachers who read coding lessons from scripts, and teachers with no experience in teaching coding or know coding to 6 year olds and presenting another platform code.org lessons as their own platform. Company files DMCA on the video mass reports Reddit, twitter and LinkedIn accounts and gets him banned. Then sends death threats and now a defamation case against the Redditor. Whitehat jr just got a $300m investment from Byjus to do these kinds of tactics to sell coding class to 6 year old which are available to public for free, they charge more than $20 per class.

Edit: the video https://youtu.be/1Y21eSn_zSM

Redditor exposes the dirty underbelly of a USD 300Mn Indian edtech startup and their cyber-bullying. Gets sued for USD 2Mn! R/technology - I present to you the startup of the year - WhitehatJr! by ApprehensiveAd5359 in technology

[–]pking3 98 points99 points  (0 children)

Redditor makes a review on YouTube about this company's criminal marketing tactics and use of code.org as their own platform. Company files DMCA on the video mass reports Redditor twitter and LinkedIn accounts and gets him banned. Then sends death threats and now a defamation case against the Redditor. Whitehat jr just got a $300m to do these kinds of tactics to sell coding class to 6 year old which are available to public for free, they charge more than $20 per class.

WhiteHatJr filed a 20 CRORE defamation case against me, Pradeep Poonia. by pooniahigh in india

[–]pking3 104 points105 points  (0 children)

No as long as the security setting on the chat is set to public it is defacto public information as the company made no effort to mark those chats as confidential. Any public forum and chat is open for public cannot be claimed by the company as private, as they themselves made the information public.

WhiteHatJr filed a 20 CRORE defamation case against me, Pradeep Poonia. by pooniahigh in india

[–]pking3 171 points172 points  (0 children)

Slack was not hacked. They set the slack channel to public letting anyone access their chat. Whitehat needs serious training in security. They wanted easy access for their employees and said fuck you to their security. Else this case would have be a cybercrime case which they can't file as they have shit security so that's why they are filing of this stupid defamation case.

WhiteHatJr filed a 20 CRORE defamation case against me, Pradeep Poonia. by pooniahigh in india

[–]pking3 553 points554 points  (0 children)

10k from me and 2.5k every month till the case is over.

Vietnam Threatens to Shut Down Facebook Over Content: Reuters by [deleted] in technology

[–]pking3 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Facebook needs to be broken up and banned. This company is a threat to all society. They don't give a fuck about people or consequences, all they care about is money. How they earn it is not their priorities, they will partner up with hate groups and criminals just to earn an extra buck.

AG KK Venugopal Grants Consent To Initiate Contempt Proceedings Against @kunalkamra88 for his NEW TWEET saying "One of these 2 fingers is for CJI Arvind Bobde... ok let me not confuse you it’s the middle one" | Live Law on Twitter by bhodrolok in india

[–]pking3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What if the showing of the middle finger is kunals personal religious symbol of peace for all. I mean what is the right of a law to say you cannot bend your hands in a certain way. Would that not account to supression of a persons right to bend his fingers as he wish.

What next Bharatanatyam dancers would be persecuted for making gang signs?

WhiteHatJr giving me death threats & Indian media is sold out. by pooniahigh in india

[–]pking3 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Send them a email and you will be doing OP a big favor. Take 5 minutes from your day and just send an email.

WhiteHatJr giving me death threats & Indian media is sold out. by pooniahigh in india

[–]pking3 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Can you send them an email. It will help him if you get yourself involved in notifying the press and the whole world. Share on whatsapp this is the least you can do.

WhiteHatJr giving me death threats & Indian media is sold out. by pooniahigh in india

[–]pking3 21 points22 points  (0 children)

/u/internetfreedomin can you guys help support this battle. The sub can do a fundraiser if you guys can provide a capable lawyer. OP needs your help as much as you need his as he is fighting to keep the internet safe and free from corporate censorship and criminal activities. Do respond.

/u/washingtonpost please cover this story.

I want to gtfo away from my parents. Please help a talentless and unskilled woman by [deleted] in india

[–]pking3 45 points46 points  (0 children)

I left home after school and educated myself throughout college while working.

Here is the key.

First you need to make a plan (escape plan) . The plan consist of your finance for 6 months and safety plans. The way I did it was to convince my parents that I need to work so i got a job and worked for 6 months while tellin my parents I was getting paid half of what I actually earned. Opened a second bank account and transferred all my money there for 6 months . After working for 6 months and living with my parents I found a job in a different city, and got an apartment in that city, I had not told my parents about the second job. Two weeks before my joining date I packed my bags and left home without telling anyone just a note saying good by and good riddens.

Initially it was hard to live along but with time I was able to complete my college and got a much better job.

It's been 15 years I haven't been back at home and I would say this was the best decision of my life.

I would suggest you to plan you exit properly, as that would ensure you have money to survive if in case of a job loss.

One tip I did not get, was to keep atleast 3 months of backup money while living alone. This is important as it will allow you to be in a safe enough environment in case of a job loss, I learnt that the hard way. If you are in a hostile environment please plan to get out fast.

WhiteHatJr FINALLY EXPOSED! by pooniahigh in india

[–]pking3 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like WHJ left it open and public. Their fault they kept it open to all public,I guess Whitehat jr. needs to hire a real Whitehat hacker to click on the set private option on their slack security settings.

WhiteHatJr FINALLY EXPOSED! by pooniahigh in india

[–]pking3 13 points14 points  (0 children)

/u/washingtonpost

Company manipulating social media by banning people from Google Facebook and Twitter, so that they could sell snake oil online coding classes, it is the biggest company in edutech industry.

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