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Details emerge on government blockade of websites
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 28, 2012
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filed under:
IT Act,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Facebook pages, Twitter handles among 300 unique web addresses blocked by ISPs.
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News & Media
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Details of 135 million Aadhaar card holders may have leaked, claims CIS report
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 02, 2017
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last modified
May 20, 2017 08:42 AM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The disclosure came as part of a CIS report titled ‘Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof): A Documentation of Public Availability of Aadhaar Numbers with Sensitive Personal Financial Information’.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Developer releases WannaCry key-recovery tool for Windows XP
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 20, 2017
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last modified
Jun 07, 2017 01:02 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
However, a cyber security expert working with the Centre for Internet and Society, Udbhav Tiwari working on vulnerabilities such as these, said as most ATMs in the country especially of the public-sector banks run on outdated operating systems, or are not updated regularly, they can be easily compromised. Unfortunately, however, a new variant of the program is already in the wild.
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Internet Governance
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News & Media
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Developer team fixed vulnerabilities in Honorable PM's app and API
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 04, 2016
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filed under:
Privacy,
Security,
Internet Governance,
Data Protection,
Cyber Security,
Hacking,
Mobile Apps,
Data Management
The official app of Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister, was found to contain a security flaw in 2015 that exposed millions of people's personal data. A few days ago a very similar flaw was reported again. This post by Bhavyanshu Parasher, who found the flaw and sought to get it fixed last year, explains the technical details behind the security vulnerability.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Developing location-based services
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 28, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
For mapping enthusiasts, geeks and neogeographers in Bangalore, here's something to look forward to. Cartonama, a workshop that offers intensive hands-on training on tools to build and manage location data for location-based services, will be held in the city on March 2 and 3.
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News & Media
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Dialogue Cafe @ Centre for Internet and Society
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Nov 29, 2011
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last modified
Dec 07, 2011 11:10 AM
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filed under:
Lecture,
Event Type,
Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society announces the launch of its dialogue cafe, where every month, we approach seminal thinkers, scholars and practitioners to help explore knowledge paradigms that help us understand and research techno-social realities through innovative thought, concepts and frameworks.
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Internet Governance
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DIDP #31 Diversity of employees at ICANN
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by
Akash Sriram
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published
Jul 19, 2018
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last modified
Aug 21, 2018 09:26 AM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
ICANN,
Internet Governance
We have requested ICANN to disclose information pertaining to the diversity of employees based on race and citizenship.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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DIDP #32 On ICANN's Fellowship Program
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by
Akriti Bopanna
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published
Nov 12, 2018
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last modified
Nov 12, 2018 03:58 PM
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filed under:
ICANN,
Internet Governance
In furtherance of its capacity building functions, ICANN selects Fellows for every public meeting. These are individuals from underserved and underrepresented communities who are trained to become active participants in the ICANN community.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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DIDP #33 On ICANN's 2012 gTLD round auction fund
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by
Akriti Bopanna
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published
Apr 04, 2019
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last modified
Jul 09, 2019 03:51 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
ICANN,
Internet Governance
This DIDP was filed to inquire about the state of the funds ICANN received from the last gTLD auctions.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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DIDP #34 On granular detail on ICANN's budget for policy development process
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by
Akriti Bopanna
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published
Jul 06, 2019
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filed under:
ICANN,
DIDP,
Internet Governance
ICANN has Advisory Committees which help guide the policy recommendations that the ICANN community develops while its Supporting Organizations are charged with developing policy recommendations for a particular aspect of ICANN's operations. Supporting Organizations are composed of volunteers from the community. ICANN publishes a combined budget for all these bodies under the head of policy development and CIS inquired about the financial resources allocated to each of them specifically.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
