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IETF Indian Community Meetup: RFCs We Love (IoT edition)
by Admin — published May 26, 2018 — filed under:
On May 19, 2018, Gurshabad Grover and Sandeep Kumar attended a 'RFCs We Love Meetup' of the Indian IETF Community held at Zoomcar's office in Bangalore. This meetup was dedicated to discussing IETF RFCs/Active Internet Drafts meant for Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
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Alexa’s recording leak in US ‘echoes’ privacy issues here
by Admin — published May 30, 2018 — filed under: ,
Market analyst Sanjay Mehta (name changed) has been keeping his Amazon Echo smart speaker mostly unplugged since reports surfaced last week of the device’s voice assistant, Alexa, inadvertently recording and sending out conversations of a family in the US.
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Blog Entry IPv6: The Transition Challenge
by Nishant Shah — published Jun 05, 2012 — last modified Jun 13, 2012 09:59 AM — filed under:
The future of our connected networks is Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6). Not only is it more efficient and faster than IPv4 which we are currently working with, it is also more reliable and secure.
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Blog Entry IPv6: Embrace The Change
by Nishant Shah — published Jun 11, 2012 — last modified Jun 13, 2012 06:09 AM — filed under:
A moment of transition is always filled with anxiety. There is concern over the unknown and there is a reluctance to move out of the familiar. However, a transition does not necessarily mean migration; or in other words, as we transition to IPv6 as the new protocol for digital and electronic communication, it does not mean that we are going to abandon the internet as we know it.
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Biz moving to IPv6 but lower costs, support needed
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 14, 2012 — filed under:
Organisations such as Cisco Systems, Equinix and Singapore Internet Exchange are all gearing up for migration to IPv6 in time for the World IPv6 Launch day slated on Jun. 6,which involved everything from redesigning their backend infrastructure to assessing their systems’ readiness.
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The War for India's Internet
by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 14, 2012 — filed under: ,
Why is the world's biggest democracy cracking down on Facebook and Google? Rebecca Mackinnon's article was published in Foreign Policy on June 6, 2012.
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Blog Entry Digital Native: The bigger picture
by Nishant Shah — published Jul 01, 2018 — last modified Aug 01, 2018 12:11 AM — filed under: , ,
For all our sleek machines, we are slaves to the much larger Internet of Things.
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Blog Entry Digital Native: How smart cities can make criminals out of denizens
by Nishant Shah — published Jul 15, 2018 — last modified Aug 01, 2018 12:19 AM — filed under: , ,
People download information and share it without knowing about the intellectual property rights. On social media bullying, harassment and hate speech find easy avenues.
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Arrest of girl over Thackeray FB update a clear misuse of Sec 295A
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 20, 2012 — filed under: , ,
The arrest of 21-year-old Shaheen Dhada over her Facebook status update questioning the shutdown of Mumbai over Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray‘s death, is a clear misapplication of section 295 A of the Indian Penal Code (“outrage religious feelings of any class”), according to Pranesh Prakash of the Centre for Internet and Society.
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Women arrested for Facebook post: Did cops act under Sena pressure?
by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 19, 2012 — last modified Nov 21, 2012 11:17 AM — filed under: , , , ,
After Bal Thackeray's death, during the Mumbai Bandh, a 21-year-old criticised the shutdown on her Facebook page — her friend approved of it — next thing they know, they are facing a case, and this morning they were arrested.
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