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Hits and Misses With the Draft Encryption Policy
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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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Holding ID Issuers Accountable, What Works?
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by
Shruti Trikanad and Amber Sinha
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published
Aug 08, 2019
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last modified
Aug 08, 2019 10:23 AM
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filed under:
Digital ID,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Appropriate Use of Digital ID,
Digital Identity
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How Aadhaar compromises privacy? And how to fix it?
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Mar 31, 2017
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last modified
Apr 01, 2017 07:00 AM
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Aadhaar is mass surveillance technology. Unlike targeted surveillance which is a good thing, and essential for national security and public order – mass surveillance undermines security. And while biometrics is appropriate for targeted surveillance by the state – it is wholly inappropriate for everyday transactions between the state and law abiding citizens.
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How Chinese apps are making inroads in Indian small towns
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by
Admin
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published
Aug 13, 2018
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filed under:
Internet Governance
After selling a company he cofounded to Alibaba in 2013, Sichuan-born Forrest Chen wanted to look beyond China for his next venture. India was one of the countries on his list of potential markets, which included the US, the UK, Indonesia and Thailand.
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News & Media
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How data privacy and governance issues have battered Facebook ahead of 2019 polls
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by
Admin
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published
Dec 25, 2018
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last modified
Dec 25, 2018 01:43 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Rohit S, an airline pilot, had enough of Facebook. With over 1,000 friends and part of at least a dozen groups on subjects ranging from planes to politics, the 34-year-old found himself constantly checking his phone for updates and plunging headlong into increasingly noisy debates, where he had little personal connect.
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How does the government track all its legal cases?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 14, 2016
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filed under:
Digital India,
Internet Governance
The Legal Information Management and Briefing System , an integral part of the digital India initiative, aims to be a database of all the ongoing cases with the government.
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How Facebook is Blatantly Abusing our Trust
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by
Nishant Shah
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published
Jun 28, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
‘Don’t fix it, if it ain’t broken’ is not an adage Facebook seems to subscribe to. Nishant Shah's column on privacy and Facebook was published in First Post on June 27, 2012.
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How Function Of State May Limit Informed Consent: Examining Clause 12 Of The Data Protection Bill
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by
Amber Sinha
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published
Mar 01, 2022
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filed under:
Data Governance,
Internet Governance,
Data Protection,
Privacy
The collective implication of leaving out ‘proportionality’ from Clause 12 is to provide very wide discretionary powers to the state.
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How India Makes E-books Easier to Ban than Books (And How We Can Change That)
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jan 24, 2012
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last modified
Feb 21, 2012 11:50 AM
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filed under:
Obscenity,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Intermediary Liability,
Censorship
Without getting into questions of what should and should not be unlawful speech, Pranesh Prakash chooses to take a look at how Indian law promotes arbitrary removal and blocking of websites, website content, and online services, and how it makes it much easier than getting offline printed speech removed.
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How India Regulates Encryption
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by
Pranesh Prakash & Japreet Grewal
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published
Oct 30, 2015
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last modified
Jul 23, 2016 01:24 PM
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filed under:
Encryption,
Internet Governance
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