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DNA Databases and Human Rights: by Prasad Krishna — published Sep 17, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Using DNA to trace people who are suspected of committing a crime has been a major advance in policing.
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dna exclusive: Geeks have a solution to digital surveillance in India: Cryptography: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 07, 2013 — last modified Jul 15, 2013 06:24 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
While you were thinking of what next to post on Twitter, the government has stealthily put an ambitious surveillance programme in place that tracks your every move in the digital world — through voice calls, SMS and MMS, GPRS, fax communications on landlines, video calls and emails.
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DNA Research: by Vanya Rakesh — published Dec 02, 2015 — last modified Jul 21, 2016 11:02 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
In 2006, the Department of Biotechnology drafted the Human DNA Profiling Bill. In 2012 a revised Bill was released and a group of Experts was constituted to finalize the Bill. In 2014, another version was released, the approval of which is pending before the Parliament. This legislation will allow the government of India to Create a National DNA Data Bank and a DNA Profiling Board for the purposes of forensic research and analysis. Here is a collection of our research on privacy and security concerns related to the Bill.
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Do IT Rules 2011 indirectly leads to Censorship of Internet: by Prasad Krishna — published May 31, 2012 — filed under: IT Act, Internet Governance, Video, Intermediary Liability, Censorship
Pranesh Prakash along with Dr. Arvind Gupta, National Convener, BJP IT Cell and Ms. Mishi Choudhary, Executive Director, SFLC participated in a panel discussion on censorship of the Internet on May 8, 2012.
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Do we need a Unified Post Transition IANA?: by Pranesh Prakash, Padmini Baruah and Jyoti Panday — published Oct 23, 2015 — last modified Oct 27, 2015 12:46 AM — filed under: IANA, Internet Governance, IANA Transition
As we stand at the threshold of the IANA Transition, we at CIS find that there has been little discussion on the question of how the transition will manifest. The question we wanted to raise was whether there is any merit in dividing the three IANA functions – names, numbers and protocols – given that there is no real technical stability to be gained from a unified Post Transition IANA. The analysis of this idea has been detailed below.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Do we need the Aadhar scheme?: by Sunil Abraham — published Feb 03, 2012 — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
"Decentralisation and privacy are preconditions for security. Digital signatures don’t require centralised storage and are much more resilient in terms of security", Sunil Abraham in the Business Standard on 1 February 2012.
Located in Internet Governance
Do you agree with our fee hike? Press 1 to answer Yes; or 2 for Yes: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 01, 2015 — filed under: ICANN, Internet Governance
It has long been a concern that domain-name overseer ICANN is largely funded by companies reliant on the organization to make money.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Do You Want to be Watched?: by Sunil Abraham — published Jun 09, 2011 — last modified Mar 21, 2012 09:11 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
The new rules under the IT Act are an assault on our freedom, says Sunil Abraham in this article published in Pragati on June 8, 2011.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
DOC 2.0: A Resources Sharing Mela by NGO Documentation Centres: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 15, 2010 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 08:13 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
A Resource Sharing Mela and Meet of DCM (Document Centres Meet) at the Centre for Education & Documentation in Domlur, Bangalore.
Located in News & Media
Does Size Matter? A Tale of Performing Welfare, Producing Bodies and Faking Identity: by Prasad Krishna — published May 14, 2014 — last modified Jun 04, 2014 09:45 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
Malavika Jayaram gave a talk.
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