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TikTok craze a ticking time bomb for city
by Gulam Jeelani published Apr 17, 2019 — filed under:
Unlike YouTube, where videos take a long time to upload, on TikTok it happens in a matter of seconds. Not just the youth, the trend has captured the imagination of criminals too.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Time to bury e-mail?
by Prasad Krishna published Nov 29, 2010 last modified Apr 02, 2011 07:30 AM — filed under:
Earlier this week, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of Facebook, had a simple message to the world: email is outdated since it can no longer handle the sort of digital communication that we’ve got used to. Facebook Messages, which integrates email, SMS, instant messaging and social networking, is the way forward, he claimed.
Located in News & Media
Blog Entry To preserve freedoms online, amend the IT Act
by Gurshabad Grover published Apr 16, 2019 — filed under: , , ,
Look into the mechanisms that allow the government and ISPs to carry out online censorship without accountability.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
To protect data, don’t opt for plastic or laminated Aadhaar card: UIDAI
by Admin published Feb 07, 2018 — filed under: , ,
Unauthorized printing of Aadhaar cards could render the QR (quick response) code dysfunctional or even expose personal data without an individual’s informed consent, UIDAI says.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry To regulate Net intermediaries or not is the question
by Sunil Abraham published Aug 26, 2012 — filed under: , , , ,
Given the disruption to public order caused by the mass exodus of North-Eastern Indians from several cities, the government has had for the first time in many years, a legitimate case to crackdown on Internet intermediaries and their users.
Located in Internet Governance
TOI literary festival kicks off today
by Prasad Krishna published Feb 05, 2015 — filed under:
The Times Litfest 2015, Bengaluru, kicks off on Saturday at the Jayamahal Palace Hotel. The two-day festival is among the biggest such literary enclaves in Bengaluru. It'll see some of India's foremost creative minds talk, argue, debate, discuss and engage with vital topics which touch our lives.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Token disclosures?
by Prasad Krishna published Aug 07, 2013 — filed under: ,
Snowden’s Xkeyscore expose makes a mockery of Twitter’s transparency revelations.
Located in News & Media
Token security or tokenized security?
by Admin published Jan 17, 2018 — filed under: , ,
Implementing a system of tokenization for Aadhaar verification will address the security loopholes highlighted in recent reports.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Blog Entry Tomorrow, Today
by Nishant Shah published Dec 29, 2012 last modified Jan 02, 2013 05:00 AM — filed under:
Our present is the future that our past had imagined. Around the same time last year, I remember taking stock of the technologies that we live with and wondering what 2012 would bring in.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog
Blog Entry Too Clever By Half: Strengthening India’s Smart Cities Plan with Human Rights Protection
by Vanya Rakesh published Mar 22, 2016 — filed under:
The data involved in planning for urbanized and networked cities are currently flawed and politically-inflected. Therefore, we must ensure that basic human rights are not violated in the race to make cities “smart”.
Located in Internet Governance / Blog