Indonesia, press rank #111 · ~$850/mo

Can you live unwatched in Malang?

Surveillance, facial recognition and crypto rules read here for the city itself, not the national average.

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The privacy scorecard

The six marked ° below are read for Malang itself. The rest are set by Indonesia’s national law, the same across every city in the country.

State surveillance °3/5
Facial recognition °1/5
No national ID2/5
Data-protection law2/5
Encryption3/5
VPN freedom4/5
Democracy3/5
Free expression2/5
Cash still works5/5
Financial privacy3/5
Crypto freedom °2/5
Easy to stay °3/5
Off-grid living °5/5
press rank #111 (Indonesia) ~$850/mo, this city safety 5/5 geopolitical stability 4/5

Childhood vaccines: compulsory by law

Health ministry regulation 12 of 2017 calls basic immunisation compulsory, and the state has chosen persuasion over enforcement.

If you skip them: Little in practice: the regulation carries no real penalty.

Exemptions: Medical, and in practice a refusal is accepted.

Source: Permenkes 12/2017, plus Georgetown AMP EID, survey of national legislation, 2024

Legal & financial exposure

Facts about the law, not a privacy score: whether each one helps or hurts depends on what you are trying to do.

Reports your account balances abroad (CRS)

No extradition treaty with the US

5 of 7 signals are unverified for this country: not shown, rather than guessed.

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City-level figures where marked °, national law otherwise. Estimates for orientation, not legal advice. Surveillance law changes fast: verify anything you would act on.