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Dissent on Aadhaar: New book highlights limitations of ID project, legal and tech opposition to it
In 2010, a year after the UIDAI was constituted, three of its functionaries visited internationally-renowned developmental economist Professor Reetika Khera.
DSCI's Bangalore chapter meet
On January 29, 2019, Karan Saini and Gurshabad Grover participated in the Bangalore chapter meet organized by Data Security Council of India in Bangalore.
Conmen seed fake phone numbers in Google to trap people looking for customer care details
Googling for anything might seem like a good idea, but searching for contacts of businesses and customer care numbers is landing people in the hands of conmen.
India’s largest bank SBI leaked account data on millions of customers
India’s largest bank has secured an unprotected server that allowed anyone to access financial information on millions of its customers, like bank balances and recent transactions.
Amazon and Walmart are about to take a big hit in India
India is the world’s biggest emerging digital economy, and Silicon Valley’s top companies have invested huge sums to cash in on it. Now new regulations are threatening their business.
Open standards can disrupt Facebook’s messaging monopoly
Facebook made the news last week when The New York Times’ Mike Isaac reported that CEO Mark Zuckerberg intended to integrate the company’s three messaging platforms: WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram.
Submitted Your Biometrics for Aadhaar? Here’s How You Can Lock/Unlock That Data
Did you know that UIDAI provides a facility that allows users to lock/unlock their Aadhaar biometric data online?
New movies lose out due to piracy
Piracy continues to be a huge concern among filmmakers but it can also be a marketing strategy for small-budget films.
Google Gives Wikimedia Millions—Plus Machine Learning Tools
Google is pouring an additional $3.1 million into Wikipedia, bringing its total contribution to the free encyclopedia over the past decade to more than $7.5 million, the company announced at the World Economic Forum Tuesday.
Cyber Policy Centres Meeting in Sri Lanka
Elonnai Hickok, Sunil Abraham and Ambika Tandon participated in this event organized by IDRC in Sri Lanka on January 11 - 14, 2019.
RFCs We Love meetup
In collaboration with India Internet Engineering Society (IIESoc), CIS hosted the a 'RFCs We Love' meetup, where we discussed some IETF specifications and standards. The event was held on January 19 at the CIS office, Bangalore.
Is the viral #10YearChallenge just another sneaky way for tech firms to gather users’ personal data?
Is it merely an exercise in nostalgia? Or is it providing fodder for facial recognition algorithms on ageing?
Oyo Hotels’ Real-Time Digital Record Database Sparks Privacy Fears
Oyo Hotels’ pilot to maintain a real-time digital database of guests and plan to share it with law-enforcement agencies has triggered privacy concerns.
Webinar on the draft Intermediary Guidelines Amendment Rules
CCAOI and the ISOC Delhi Chapter organised a webinar on January 10 to discuss the draft "The Information Technology [Intermediary Guidelines (Amendment) Rules] 2018". Gurshabad Grover was a discussant in the panel.
They know where you are
With hotel-booking app routinely sharing real-time guest data with police and government, lives of those fleeing persecution is in danger, privacy advocates fear.
Civic activism over WhatsApp and stories of and from cab drivers are part of a new narrative in Bengaluru
Does a city have a pulse? And can that pulse be felt in its technological interactions?
Creeped out by Netflix's 'You'? Here's how you can avoid online stalkers, data thieves
Several social media users have no idea of how much of their information is stored on the Internet and what kind of information they are allowing the applications to access.
The constitutionality of MHA surveillance order
The rules require review committees to examine all surveillance orders issued under this section every couple of months.
MHA snoop order & bid to amend IT rules: China-like clampdown or tracking unlawful content?
An MHA order last week authorised 10 government agencies to scan data on computers. This was followed by the Modi government’s proposal to amend the Information Technology rules for social media platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter to “proactively identify, remove or disable access to unlawful information or content” in order to curb fake news online.
The dark side of future tech: Where are we headed on privacy, security, truth?
#2018 Year-End Special: We now live in a time when devices listen, chips track your choices, and governments can watch from behind a barcode. How do we navigate this world?
