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Cyberspying: Government may ban Gmail for official communication
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 02, 2013
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filed under:
Cyber Security,
Internet Governance,
Surveillance
The government will soon ask all its employees to stop using Google's Gmail for official communication, a move intended to increase security of confidential government information after revelations of widespread cyberspying by the US.
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News & Media
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DesiSec: Episode 1 - Film Release and Screening
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by
Purba Sarkar
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published
Nov 28, 2013
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last modified
Dec 17, 2013 08:13 AM
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filed under:
Cyberspace,
Privacy,
Cybersecurity,
Internet Governance,
Surveillance,
Cyber Security Film,
Cyber Security,
Event
The Centre for Internet and Society is pleased to to announce the release of the first documentary film on cybersecurity in India - DesiSec.
We hope you can join us for a special screening of the first episode of DesiSec, on 11th December, at CIS!
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Internet Governance
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Internet users enraged over US online spying
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 29, 2013
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last modified
Jul 01, 2013 04:10 AM
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
India is the fifth most tracked nation by American intelligence agencies.
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News & Media
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In India, Prism-like Surveillance Slips Under the Radar
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jun 30, 2013
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last modified
Jul 03, 2013 09:31 AM
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Prism, the contentious U.S. data-collection surveillance program, has captured the world’s attention ever since whistle-blower Edward Snowden leaked details of global spying to the Guardian and Washington Post.
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News & Media
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Hits and Misses With the Draft Encryption Policy
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Sep 26, 2015
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Internet Governance,
Surveillance,
FOSS,
B2B
Most encryption standards are open standards. They are developed by open participation in a publicly scrutable process by industry, academia and governments in standard setting organisations (SSOs) using the principles of “rough consensus” – sometimes established by the number of participants humming in unison – and “running code” – a working implementation of the standard. The open model of standards development is based on the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) philosophy that “many eyes make all bugs shallow”.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Surveillance Enabling Identity Systems in Africa: Tracing the Fingerprints of Aadhaar
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by
Shruti Trikanad and Vrinda Bhandari
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published
Aug 09, 2022
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Biometric identity systems are being introduced around the world with a focus on promoting human development and social and economic inclusion, rather than previous goals of security. As a result, these systems being encouraged in developing countries, particularly in Africa and Asia, sometimes with disastrous consequences.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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India's Central Monitoring System (CMS): Something to Worry About?
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by
Maria Xynou
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published
Jan 30, 2014
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last modified
Feb 22, 2014 01:50 PM
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Internet Governance,
SAFEGUARDS
In this article, Maria Xynou presents new information about India's controversial Central Monitoring System (CMS) based on official documents which were shared with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS). Read this article and gain an insight on how the CMS actually works!
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Workshop on 'Privacy after Big Data' (Delhi, November 12)
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Nov 02, 2016
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last modified
Nov 12, 2016 10:14 AM
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filed under:
Data Systems,
Digital Governance,
Privacy,
Data Revolution,
Surveillance,
Big Data,
Digital India,
Internet Governance,
Big Data for Development,
Digital Rights
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and the Sarai programme, CSDS, invite you to a workshop on 'Privacy after Big Data: What Changes? What should Change?' on Saturday, November 12. This workshop aims to build a dialogue around some of the key government-led big data initiatives in India and elsewhere that are contributing significant new challenges and concerns to the ongoing debates on the right to privacy. It is an open event. Please register to participate.
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Internet Governance
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Events
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Security and Surveillance: A public discussion on Optimizing Security while Safeguarding Human Rights
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Dec 17, 2014
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last modified
Dec 19, 2014 08:46 AM
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Event,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) invites you to a public discussion on optimizing security and safeguarding human rights at its Bangalore office on Friday, December 19th, 2014, 16:00 to 18:00.
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Internet Governance
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Events
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Indian government to bar politicians from using Gmail for official business
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 30, 2013
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last modified
Sep 05, 2013 09:52 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Surveillance
US-based email services seen as too risky.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
