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18 May 2018
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Indian Cricket Board Exposes Personal Data of Thousands of PlayersThe IT security researchers at Kromtech Security Center discovered a trove of personal and sensitive data belonging to around 15,000 to 20,000 Indian applicants participating in cricket seasons 2015-2018.
13 May 2018
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Aadhaar Remains an Unending Security Nightmare for a Billion IndiansYesterday was the 38th and last day of hearings in the Supreme Court case challenging the constitutional validity of India’s biometric authentication programme. After weeks of arguments from both sides, the Supreme Court has now reserved …
12 May 2018
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RightsCon Toronto 2018RightsCon is organizing the 2018 edition of the event at Beanfield Centre at Exhibition Place, Toronto in Canada. A session on Pervasive Technologies project titled "Cheap and chipper: IP in India’s affordable smartphones" is scheduled on …
12 May 2018
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India's National ID Project Brings Pain to Those it Aims to HelpPoor management, corruption and fraud are threatening to derail the world’s largest national identity project.
12 May 2018
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Consilience 2018National Law School of India University, Bangalore organized The Future of Blockchain Technology: Evolving a Framework for its Adoption and Regulation in India on May 5, 2018. Swaraj Barooah panel on "e-Governance and Public Service …
12 May 2018
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Comment: India's NTP 2018 gets digital makeover but needs complimentary policiesCriticism notwithstanding, Indian bureaucratic mandarins—babus as they are referred to in local lingo—do come up with draft policies that are contemporaneous, and at times when it’s least expected.
6 May 2018
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Meeting of Coalition for an Inclusive Approach on the Trafficking BillGurshabad Grover attended a meeting of the Coalition for an Inclusive Approach on the Trafficking Bill at the Alternative Law Forum, Bangalore on May 3, 2018.
5 May 2018
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Digital India' in Dire Need of Safety Policy Reboot - Cybersecurity ExpertsSome experts say the need of the hour is for India to update its cybersecurity policy to respond to growing threats in cyberspace. Information warfare specialists hint at the local storage of digital information as the key to the …
5 May 2018
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Artificial Intelligence for Growth: Leveraging AI and Robotics for India's Economic TransformationAmber Sinha took part in the second international conference organized by ASSOCHAM at Hotel Shangri-La in New Delhi on April 27, 2018.
5 May 2018
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#NAMApolicy on Online Content RegulationSwaraj Barooah attended the #NAMApolicy on Online Content Regulation organized by Media Nama at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi on May 3, 2018.
3 May 2018
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Data Usage by Political PartiesSunil Abraham spoke to ANI regarding collection of data and its use by political parties for electoral gains.
3 May 2018
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Cyber experts say 'playground open' for influencing electionsCyber experts said that under the provisions provided by 43 (A) of Indian IT Act, two types of data collection are completely legal: first, the data shared by the user in the public domain and secondly, the data published by the social …
2 May 2018
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Now, Twitter too caught up in Cambridge Analytica controversyTwitter does not share a break-up of users by region, the platform has less than 100 million users in India.
29 Apr 2018
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You Are Not the Only One: India stares at a loneliness epidemic“To anyone looking at me from the outside, I seem like a fairly successful woman. I have a good job with great pay. I am in a relationship and have a bunch of close friends. I couldn’t figure out why I felt so angry or so lonely all the …
27 Apr 2018
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Aadhaar data of over 89 lakh MNREGA workers in Andhra Pradesh leaked onlineIndependent security researcher Kodali Srinivas tweeted screenshots of Aadhaar data of 89,38,138 MNREGA workers available on the Andhra Pradesh Benefit Disbursement Portal.
25 Apr 2018
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PAI WG Labor and Economy MeetingElonnai Hickok co-chaired the first PAI Labor and Economy WG in NYC on April 25, 2018.
19 Apr 2018
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Metrolife: Brutality porn has sadly many takers in IndiaThe name of the eight-year old Kathua rape victim is trending not just on social media but also on a porn site.
19 Apr 2018
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ICANN 61 ReadoutAkriti Bopanna attended an ICANN61 Readout session on the 19th of April at the International Institute of Information Technology at Electronic City in Bengaluru.
17 Apr 2018
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Wikipedia Will Reward You For Translating English Articles To Indian LanguagesIndia has seen a substantial growth in the number of internet users since the introduction of attractive prices by Jio. Internet adoption is seen as the key to bridging the divide between urban and rural populations and an important means …
17 Apr 2018
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Is This The Beginning Of The End For Facebook?After two days of congressional hearings that collectively lasted over ten hours, there are many questions about Facebook, its policies and its future that experts are debating.
17 Apr 2018
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Facebook’s fake news clean-up hits language barrierThe sheer diversity of India’s ethnic languages could defeat Facebook’s move to get content moderators and use artificial intelligence (AI) to counter the spread of misinformation on its platform ahead of the general elections next year, …
15 Apr 2018
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Sambad Health and Women Edit-a-thonSambad Health and Women Edit-a-thon was an offline edit-a-thon held in the month of April in collaboration with the Sambad media house, Odia Wikimedia User Group and the Center for Internet and Society.
10 Apr 2018
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Pension won’t be denied for want of Aadhaar, says EPFOThe move is aimed at ensuring that no retired government employee is deprived of pension for want of Aadhaar or failure of fingerprint authentication.
10 Apr 2018
7 Apr 2018
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It Took Just 355 Indians to Mine the Data of 5.6 Lakh Facebook Users. Here's HowData privacy in India is still a nascent subject. Experts say cheap data has led to unprecedented Facebook penetration. Often, it is seen that those who open an account are not aware of the privacy concerns.
7 Apr 2018
7 Apr 2018
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Cambridge Analytica row: Facebook data breach hit 560K Indian usersFacebook said that data and information of 87 million users globally were compromised.
7 Apr 2018
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After data leak row, Facebook imposes restrictions on user data accessMEIT issues notice to Facebook even as experts debate absolute impact on the second largest developer community.
3 Apr 2018
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Your mobile apps have the permission to spy on youThe top applications on the Android Play store in India seek permission like access to your camera, microphone, modify contacts and download files without notifications depending on the use of the app.
3 Apr 2018
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Parties seek social media influencers to go viralIt was 2015. Rahul Gandhi, Congress vice president then, met Mount Carmel College students in Bengaluru. Soon after the interaction, there were media reports on how Gandhi was stumped by the questions.