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130 Million Aadhaar Numbers Were Made Public, Says New Report: by Prasad Krishna — published May 03, 2017 — last modified May 20, 2017 06:32 AM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
The research report looks at four major government portals whose poor information security practices have exposed personal data including bank account details.
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130 Million at Risk of Fraud After Massive Leak of Indian Biometric System Data: by Prasad Krishna — published May 03, 2017 — last modified May 20, 2017 12:36 PM — filed under: Biometrics, Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
A series of potentially calamitous leaks in India leave as many as 130 million people at risk of fraud or worse after caches of biometric and other personal data became accessible online.
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135 MEELLION Indian government payment card details leaked: by Prasad Krishna — published May 03, 2017 — last modified May 20, 2017 11:51 AM — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Legislation coming to beef up Aadhaar card privacy, security.
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135 million aadhaar details, 100 million bank accounts "leaked" from government websites: Researchers: by Prasad Krishna — published May 05, 2017 — last modified May 20, 2017 06:19 AM — filed under: UIDAI, Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
This was published by Counterview on May 5, 2017.
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“Politics by other means”: Fostering positive contestation and charting ‘red lines’ through global governance in cyberspace: by Arindrajit Basu — published Oct 20, 2019 — last modified Oct 21, 2019 03:40 PM — filed under: Cyberspace, Internet Governance
The past year has been a busy one for the fermentation of global governance efforts in cyberspace with multiple actors-states, industry, and civil society spearheading a variety of initiatives. Given the multiplicity of actors, ideologies, and vested interests at play in this ecosystem, any governance initiative will be, by default, political, and desirably so.
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“The Internet and Controls: A Disturbing Scenario”: by Prasad Krishna — published Mar 05, 2014 — filed under: Internet Governance
Prof. Mohan SundaraRajan, a renowned science writer will give a talk at the Bangalore International Centre in TERI on March 7, 2014 at 6.30 p.m. Sunil Abraham will chair and moderate the session.
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350% surge in Cyber crimes in last 3 years: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 20, 2015 — last modified Feb 07, 2015 04:13 PM — filed under: Internet Governance
India’s registered cyber crimes leapt 350% in three years but the legal system is struggling to cope with more and more lawbreakers exploiting the anonymity of the internet.
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377 Bites the Dust: Unpacking the long and winding road to the judicial decriminalization of homosexuality in India: by Agnidipto Tarafder and Arindrajit Basu — published Oct 18, 2018 — last modified Oct 18, 2018 12:39 AM — filed under: Gender, Internet Governance
An informal case comment tracing the journey and assessing the societal implications the recent 377 (Navtej Johar v Union of India).
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2011: The year India began to harness social media: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 04, 2012 — last modified Jan 04, 2012 07:19 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
About half a decade ago, netizens began to expand their online presence by forging new relationships, rediscovering old ones and sharing information and content on what came to be collectively termed as social media. The year gone by marked a new milestone for this social media phenomenon, which saw a paradigm shift from merely being a networking platform to becoming a political tool, writes Satarupa Paul in the Sunday Guardian on 1 January 2012.
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2012 in Review: Biometric ID Systems Grew Internationally...and So Did Concerns about Privacy: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 01, 2013 — last modified Jan 17, 2013 04:40 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2012 and discussing where we are in the fight for free expression, innovation, fair use, and privacy.
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