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A Gendered Future of Work
- February 01, 2019
This paper aims to contextualise the narrative around digitalisation and automation with reference to women's labour in India. The paper has been authored by Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi, edited by Elonnai Hickok and Rakhi Sehgal. Research assistance has been provided by Divya Kushwaha.
Read more →Response to GCSC on Request for Consultation: Norm Package Singapore
- January 27, 2019
The GCSC opened a public comment procedure to solicit comments and obtain additional feedback. CIS responded to the public call-offering comments on all six norms and proposing two further norms.
Read more →India should reconsider its proposed regulation of online content
- January 24, 2019
The lack of technical considerations in the proposal is also apparent since implementing the proposal is infeasible for certain intermediaries. End-to-end encrypted messaging services cannot “identify” unlawful content since they cannot decrypt it. Presumably, the government’s intention is not to disallow end-to-end encryption so that intermediaries can monitor content.
Read more →The DNA Bill has a sequence of problems that need to be resolved
- January 15, 2019
In its current form, it’s far from comprehensive and fails to adequately address privacy and security concerns.
Read more →How to make EVMs hack-proof, and elections more trustworthy
- January 14, 2019
Free and fair elections are the expression of democratic emancipation. India has always led by example: the Nehru Committee sought universal adult franchise in 1928, at a time when France didnât let women vote, and laws in the USA allowed disqualification of poor, illiterate, and African-American voters. But how reliable are our voting systems, particularly in terms of security?
Read more →Response to TRAI Consultation Paper on Regulatory Framework for Over-The-Top (OTT) Communication Services
- January 10, 2019
This submission presents a response to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s Consultation Paper on Regulatory Framework for Over-The-Top (OTT) Communication Services.
Read more →Registering for Aadhaar in 2019
- January 03, 2019
It is a lot less scary registering for Aadhaar in 2019 than it was in 2010, given how the authentication modalities have since evolved.
Read more →Economics of Cybersecurity: Literature Review Compendium
- December 31, 2018
The twenty first century has witnessed an unprecedented conflation of everyday experiences and technosocial practices. The emergence of technologies like the Internet of Things, Cloud Computing, Digital Payment infrastructures are all emblematic of this conflation of technology with economic, social and political modes of existence.
Read more →Is the new ‘interception’ order old wine in a new bottle?
- December 29, 2018
The government could always authorise intelligence agencies to intercept and monitor communications, but the lack of clarity is problematic.
Read more →Private-public partnership for cyber security
- December 26, 2018
Given the decentralised nature of cyberspace, the private sector will have to play a vital role in enforcing rules for security.
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