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Open Letter to the Finance Committee: Finance and Security
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Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 10, 2011
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Feb 17, 2011 11:57 AM
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Privacy
This note explores the three connections between finance and security and demonstrates the cost implications of operating a centrally designed identity management system as proposed by the UID. In doing so, it shows how the monitoring, storing, and securing of transactional data in a centralized database fall short of meeting the project's objectives of authentication, and thus is an additional cost. Further, it is argued that the blanket monitoring of the transaction database is not an effective method of detecting fraud, and is an expensive component of the project.
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Open Letter to the Finance Committee: UID and Transactions
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 17, 2011
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last modified
Feb 24, 2011 01:35 PM
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Privacy
Since official documentation from the UIDAI is very limited, we assume that data pertaining to transactions would comprise of the Aadhaar number, identifier of the authenticating device, date-time stamp, and approval/rejection/error code. Recording and maintaining of data pertaining to transactions is very important because it increases transparency and accountability through an audit trail. However, storage of such sensitive data creates many privacy risks, because more often than not metadata gives you as much intelligence as raw data.
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'Privacy Matters', Ahmedabad: Conference Report
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Mar 31, 2011
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Apr 04, 2011 04:45 AM
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Privacy
On 26 March 2011, civil society, lawyers, judges, students and NGO’s, gathered together at the Ahmedabad Management Association to take part in 'Privacy Matters' – a public conference organised by Privacy India in partnership with IDRC and Research Foundation for Governance in India (RFGI) — to discuss the challenges of privacy in India, with an emphasis on national security and privacy. The conference was opened by Prashant Iyengar, head researcher at Privacy India and Kanan Drhu, director of RFGI. Mr. Iyengar explained Privacy India’s mandate to raise awareness of privacy, spark civil action, and promote democratic dialogue around privacy challenges and violations in India. RFGI is a think tank established in 2009 which aims to research, promote, and implement various reforms to improve the legal and political process in Gujarat and across India. ‘Privacy Matters – Ahmedabad’ is the third conference out of the eight that Privacy India will be hosting across India. The next conference will take place in Hyderabad on 9 April 2011. It will focus on human rights and privacy.
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Learning from Fukushima
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Apr 25, 2011
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Aug 30, 2011 12:47 PM
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Telecom
Take remedial steps and demystify the unreasoning dread of nuclear power, says Shyam Ponappa in his latest column published by the Business Standard on April 7, 2011.
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Digital Natives Workshop in Taipei: Only a Few Seats Left!!!
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Jun 25, 2010
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Aug 04, 2011 10:29 AM
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Digital Activism,
Cybercultures,
Featured,
Digital Natives
The Centre for Internet and Society in collaboration with the Frontier Foundation is holding a three day Digital Natives workshop in Taipei from 16 to 18 August, 2010. The three day workshop will serve as an ideal platform for the young users of technology to share their knowledge and experience of the digital and Internet world and help them learn from each other’s individual experiences.
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On Talking Back: A Report on the Taiwan Workshop
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Prasad Krishna
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Sep 09, 2010
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Jan 03, 2012 10:35 AM
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What does it mean to Talk Back? Who do we Talk Back against? Are we alone in our attempts or a part of a larger community? How do we use digital technologies to find other peers and stake-holders? What is the language and vocabulary we use to successfully articulate our problems? How do we negotiate with structures of power to fight for our rights? These were the kind of questions that the Talking Back workshop held in the Institute of Ethnology, Academia Sinica in Taiwan from 16 to 18 August 2010 posed.
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The geek shall inherit the earth
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Oct 06, 2010
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Jan 03, 2012 10:34 AM
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Digital Natives
Demystifying the mysterious -agents changing the world around you.
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The silent rise of the Digital Native
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Oct 06, 2010
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Aug 04, 2011 10:31 AM
In late August, this year, the world shook for many when they went online (on their computers, PDAs, iPads, laptops) and realised that the comfortable zone of talking, chatting, sharing and doing just about everything else, had suddenly, without a warning, changed overnight (or afternoon, or morning, depending upon the time-zone they lived in). With a single change in its privacy and location settings, Facebook, home to billions of internet hours consisting of relationships, friendships, professional networks, social gaming, entertainment trivia, memories and exchanges, allowed its users to geo-tag themselves when on-the-move.
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નિશાંત શાહ: ડિજિટલ પેઢીનો ઉદય
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by
Prasad Krishna
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Oct 13, 2010
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Aug 04, 2011 10:31 AM
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Digital Natives
‘ડિજિટલ નાગરિક’ તેમને કહેવામાં આવે છે જેણે સામાન્ય જનજીવનમાં ડિજિટલ ટેક્નોલોજીના પ્રવેશ થઈ ગયા બાદ જન્મ લીધો છે. ડિજિટલ નાગરિકો દરેક જગ્યાએ છે. હવે સમય આવી ગયો છે કે આપણે એ જાણવાનો પ્રયાસ કરીએ કે આ લોકો કોણ છે, તેઓ શું કરી રહ્યા છે, તેઓ પોતાના અંગે શું વિચારે છે અને કેવી રીતે તેઓ કશું પણ જાણ્યા વગર આપણા ભવિષ્યને નવો આકાર આપવાનું કામ કરી રહ્યા છે.
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You Are Here
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 15, 2010
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Aug 04, 2011 10:31 AM
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Digital Natives
Geo-tagging applications are creating new and impromptu communities of true.
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