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17 Dec 2016
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11th DSCI-NASSCOM Annual Information Security Summit 2016Udbhav Tiwari participated as a panelist in the 11th DSCI-NASSSCOM Annual Information Security Summit 2016 in New Delhi on December 14, 2016. The event was organized by DSCI and NASSCOM.
17 Dec 2016
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"Decoding the Digital"- Winter School at IIIT BangaloreThe Centre for IT and Public Policy at IIIT Bangalore organized a winter school from December 12 to 14, 2016 at the IIIT campus on Decoding the Digital, where the theme for the same was Smart Cities and Social Media. Vanya Rakesh …
16 Dec 2016
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Best Practices in Digital AccessibilityNirmita Narasimhan will be part of a discussion on the best practices in digital accessibility to be organized by the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) on 19 December 2016 in Bengaluru.
15 Dec 2016
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Writing skills improve with Wikipedia editingPavan Santhosh said that contributing to Wikipedia and working in Wikimedia community improves our leadership qualities and writing skills. In an awareness session conducted about "You can edit Wikipedia" in JKC college, Guntur, Santhosh …
10 Dec 2016
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Vijay Mallya cries foul after his Twitter and email accounts are hackedThe attackers said they were able to access over a gigabyte of data from Mallya's email.
10 Dec 2016
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Most popular smartphone apps inaccessible to disabled: StudyBooking cabs, buying food and making payments online seem like they're just a swipe and a tap away, but for millions of disabled Indians, these apps are not designed for them to use.
10 Dec 2016
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Fake Narendra Modi apps aplenty, but it’s up to users to protect themselvesThe app, hosted on Google Play store, automatically gets excessive permission including full network access and ability to take pictures and videos once downloaded.
10 Dec 2016
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English gottila,job illaQuoted as the ‘golden boy of Karnataka’, after winning two gold medals for India in Special Olympics in 2003 in Dublin, once Aslam Pasha quit his last job as a night watchman a week back.
10 Dec 2016
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Bumpy road ahead for RFID Tags in vehiclesThe government plans to make digital tags in vehicles mandatory to ensure seamless passage at the toll booths, but the implementation of the proposed move may not be so smooth.
8 Dec 2016
6 Dec 2016
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Industry Consultation Panel on Data Retention - DSCIUdbhav Tiwari was a panelist for an Industry Consultation Panel on Data Retention organised by the Data Security Council of India (DSCI) at the Le Meridian, New Delhi on 23 November 2016.
6 Dec 2016
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10th NLSIR Symposium - Regulating E-Commerce in IndiaVidushi Marda participated in a panel at the "10th NLSIR Symposium on Regulating E-Commerce in India" at NSLIU on November 27, 2016 in Bengaluru.
5 Dec 2016
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Your digital wallet can be a ‘pickpocket’If you have installed a wallet app on your smartphone, be careful. Many such apps can access data, even sensitive personal information, and have features that do more than just make payments. All that, with your due “permission”.
2 Dec 2016
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No laws in India to protect customers if they lose money during digital transactionsThe lack of basic privacy and security laws pertaining to digital payments in India puts the onus on consumers who use such services.
2 Dec 2016
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Lack of clarity about cashless and online transactions makes digital payments more worrisomeEven as demonetisation pushes for more and more cashless and online transactions through, e-wallets, banks and other such apps, there is a serious lack of clarity on how these companies handle customer data, and how it is shared with other …
1 Dec 2016
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No country for the disabledA 26-year-old electrical engineer is forced to hide his disability, for fear of losing his job. His current employer is unaware that he uses an artificial limb.
1 Dec 2016
1 Dec 2016
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A world apartOn the eve of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we look at their legal rights relating to financial matters.
30 Nov 2016
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Popular apps are inaccessible to millions of disabled: StudyAccording to a study conducted by Centre for Internet and Society last month, many of the most-commonly used mobile apps for food delivery, online payments, grocery shopping and transportation were not accessible to the visually challenged.
30 Nov 2016
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Disabled kid? sorry, no admission!Mita Sarkar, a mother of a six-year-old girl who has cerebral palsy (CP) had to approach around ten private schools for her daughter's admission. She heard the same response from every school she approached: “Education is for all and we …
24 Nov 2016
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Caught in a filter bubbleThe country seems to be polarised over demonetisation and its after-effects. And more likely than not, you’ve had plenty of news stories to read that corroborate what you believe, regardless of whether you think the scrapping of the Rs 500 …
21 Nov 2016
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The thrill of saving India from cybercrimeGeeks seize the chance to help the government, defence forces and banks draw up fences against tech crimes.
21 Nov 2016
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Net subs grow significantly but public Wi-Fi idea flayedEven as internet subscribers are growing significantly across Indian states, TRAI's idea of public Wi-Fi has been flayed by stakeholders.
21 Nov 2016
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Most popular apps inaccessible to millions of disabled, says studyBooking cabs, buying food and making payments online seem like they're just a swipe and a tap away, but for millions of disabled Indians, these apps are not designed for them to use.
21 Nov 2016
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CIIPC-NLUD Workshop on Wikipedia Editing and Open Source Knowledge SourcesCentre for Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Competition (CIIPC), National Law university, Delhi as part of its Open Science Project, had organised WikiEdit2016 a two day workshop regarding orientation on editing Wikipedia and …
20 Nov 2016
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Free Net advocates flay Trai's public Wi-Fi paperStakeholders vouching for a cheap and open Internet have flagged concerns over privacy and regulatory hurdles.
18 Nov 2016
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How The U.K. Got A Better Deal From Facebook Than India DidThe U.K.’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and India’s Karmanya Sareen shared a similar concern – how messenger application WhatsApp’s decision to share user data with parent Facebook is a violation of the promise of privacy.
15 Nov 2016
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Google, Facebook will not place ads on sites distributing fake newsGoogle plans to update its AdSense program policies to prevent placement of its ads on sites distributing fake news.
15 Nov 2016
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'Delink ICANN from US jurisdiction'Eight Indian civil society organisations involved with internet governance have called for complete delinking of ICANN from US jurisdiction, saying an important global public infrastructure being subject to a single country’s control is …
8 Nov 2016
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ICANN 57ICANN 57 is being hosted by the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India from November 3 to 9, 2016 in Hyderabad at Hyderabad International Convention Centre. Vidushi Marda participated in the event as a …