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31 May 2017
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Online Trolls Attack Critics of India's Aadhaar State ID SystemIndia's biometric state ID system has been leaking citizens’ data for months. When this information surfaced in April 2017, it stoked fears that the system could be used as an instrument of surveillance against Indian residents.
30 May 2017
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Fixing Copyright for Education (SCCR34 Side Event)This event, hosted by Communia, EIFL, Creative Commons, and PIJIP, provided an overview of legal trends and developments concerning education, and presented the reality of education today. Anubha Sinha was a speaker.
29 May 2017
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BBMP faces ire for publishing pourakarmikas' Aadhaar details on websiteThe Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has published the Aadhaar details and other personal information of thousands of its pourakarmikas - civic workers who sweep streets and collect waste door-to-door.
26 May 2017
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Sharad Sharma Apologises for Trolling Aadhaar Critics; Unmasking Ispirit's Controversial Trolling ProgramLast weekend I was at Aditi Mittal’s standup comedy show in Mumbai where she made a cheeky remark that stayed with me – “Do you guys know what India’s soft power is today? It is trolling!”
26 May 2017
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Open house on information breachesOn May 26, 2017 at the Has Geek open house participants discussed the state of information security in India the legal and regulatory measures that companies must comply with, and consumers should be aware of. Udbhav Tiwari was a speaker at …
26 May 2017
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iSpirt's Sharad Sharma: Sorry, I trolled Aadhaar criticsSharad Sharma, the man who is seen as one of the critical backbones of India's digital drive, profusely apologized on Tuesday for anonymously trolling those arguing for better privacy and security standards in Aadhaar.
26 May 2017
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Aadhaar Card: One Identity, Multiple DisordersIt is still hazy to see the desperation of the union government to imposing the Aadhaar Card mandatory when matters related to Aadhaar Card are already sub judice.
25 May 2017
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Sharad Sharma's case shows how rampant troll culture has become under ModiSharad Sharma's case shows how rampant troll culture has become under Modi.
23 May 2017
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Zomato hack: You need to enhance online security with a password managerHacking incident at Zomato underlines need to employ different passwords for different accounts.
21 May 2017
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Chinese state media says U.S. should take some blame for cyber attack"WannaCry is far and away the most severe malware attack so far in 2017, and the spread of this troubling ransomware is far from over". Since the global attack was launched on Friday, several thousand more computers were discovered to be …
20 May 2017
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World Press Freedom Day 2017Udbhav Tiwari represented the Centre for Internet & Society at the World Press Day event organised by UNESCO and the Digital Empowerment Foundation (DEF) at UNESCO House, New Delhi on May 3, 2017.
20 May 2017
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Will Aadhaar leaks be used as an excuse to shut out scrutiny of welfare schemes?Aadhaar data of all 23 crore beneficiaries of Direct Benefit Transfer schemes could be publicly available, says a report by Centre for Internet and Society.
20 May 2017
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UIDAI goes after org that disclosed government departments were releasing Aadhaar dataIf there was ever a case of shoot the messenger, it is this.
20 May 2017
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Suicide videos: Facebook beefs up team to monitor contentResponding to the spate of suicides being livestreamed, social media giant Facebook has announced it will add another 3,000 people to its 4,500-strong review team that moderates content. The review team will also work in tandem with law …
20 May 2017
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Noida cyber cell gives tips on preventing WannaCry attackThe attackers targeted a weakness found in older versions of Microsoft Windows.
20 May 2017
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Microsoft says WannaCry ransomware must be a wake-up call for governmentsComputer security experts said the current attack could have been much worse but for the quick action of a young researcher in Britain who discovered a vulnerability in the ransomware itself, known as WanaCryptor 2.0. It has, however, …
20 May 2017
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Hacker steals 17 million Zomato users’ data, briefly puts it on dark webRecords of 17 million users were stolen from online restaurant search platform Zomato, the company said in a blog post on Thursday.
20 May 2017
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Developer releases WannaCry key-recovery tool for Windows XPHowever, 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 …
20 May 2017
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Consultative Meeting for a Digital Archive LabA meeting for a digital archive lab was held at the Centre for Community Knowledge, Ambedkar University in New Delhi on May 20, 2017. P.P. Sneha participated in the meeting.
20 May 2017
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Consilience 2017 - A Conference on Artificial Intelligence & LawThe Law and Technology Society, NLSIU organized their annual conference, Consilience, on the theme 'Artificial Intelligence and the Law' on May 20, 2017 in Bengaluru. Vidushi Marda took part in the event as a panelist.
20 May 2017
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Aadhaar assurances fail to assuage privacy concernsWhile Aadhaar may be secure from external attacks, a failsafe system hasn’t been developed to protect it from Edward Snowden-style leakages and hacks.
20 May 2017
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4th National Standards Conclave Evolving a Comprehensive National Strategy for Standards Sectoral and Regional InclusivenessUdbhav Tiwari represented CIS in the 4th National Standards Conclave held on the May 1 and 2, 2017 at The Lalit, New Delhi. The event was organized by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Confederation of Indian Industry.
19 May 2017
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Why Does Mainstream Indian Discourse On Digital Inclusion Leave Out Disability?India’s crusade for digitisation and digital inclusion has failed millions of Indians with disabilities. Will the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act change that?
19 May 2017
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What’s Hard To Digest About The Zomato HackingYet another day, yet another major security breach. But, this time it’s not a presidential candidate in the U.S. or the U.K.’s National Health Service. Instead. it’s Zomato, the popular Indian online food delivery and restaurant search …
19 May 2017
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Watch: Aadhaar has become a whipping boy: Nandan NilekaniIndia certainly needs a modern data privacy and protection law, Nilekani said in an interview.
19 May 2017
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WannaCry: ATMs not to shut down, clarifies RBI, but how safe are our machines?SBI has denied there was any compromise in its ATMs.
19 May 2017
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UIDAI puts posers to CIS over Aadhaar data leak claimAadhaar-issuing authority UIDAI has asked research firm Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) to explain its sensational claim that 13 crore Aadhaar numbers were "leaked" and provide details of servers where they are stored.
19 May 2017
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Third Multistakeholder Consultation on EncryptionUdbhav Tiwari represented CIS at the Third and Final Multistakeholder Consultation on Encryption held at the Taj Palace, New Delhi on May 11, 2017. The event was organised by the Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi. Saikat Dutta and …
19 May 2017
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The Partnership on AI has Intel, SalesForce, Ebay and others as its newest membersA slew of industry heavyweights have decided to augment the ranks of the Partnership on AI. New joiners to the group, which includes companies and non-profits, include names like Intel, Salesforce, eBay, Sony, SAP, McKinsey & Company, …
19 May 2017
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Taking Cognisance of the Deeply Flawed System That Is AadhaarAadhaar and its many connotations have grown to be among the most burning issues on the Indian fore today, that every citizen aware of their rights should be taking note of.