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Internet Governance
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2 Feb 2019
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DSCI's Bangalore chapter meetOn January 29, 2019, Karan Saini and Gurshabad Grover participated in the Bangalore chapter meet organized by Data Security Council of India in Bangalore.
1 Feb 2019
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India’s largest bank SBI leaked account data on millions of customersIndia’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.
1 Feb 2019
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Conmen seed fake phone numbers in Google to trap people looking for customer care detailsGoogling 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.
1 Feb 2019
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Amazon and Walmart are about to take a big hit in IndiaIndia 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.
30 Jan 2019
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Open standards can disrupt Facebook’s messaging monopolyFacebook 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.
30 Jan 2019
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CIS Submission to UN High Level Panel on Digital Co-operationThe High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation was convened by the UN Secretary-General to advance proposals to strengthen cooperation in the digital space among Governments, the private sector, civil society, international organizations, …
24 Jan 2019
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Submitted Your Biometrics for Aadhaar? Here’s How You Can Lock/Unlock That DataDid you know that UIDAI provides a facility that allows users to lock/unlock their Aadhaar biometric data online?
24 Jan 2019
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India should reconsider its proposed regulation of online contentThe 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 …
23 Jan 2019
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New movies lose out due to piracyPiracy continues to be a huge concern among filmmakers but it can also be a marketing strategy for small-budget films.
22 Jan 2019
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Response to GCSC on Request for Consultation: Norm Package SingaporeThe 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.
20 Jan 2019
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Cyber Policy Centres Meeting in Sri LankaElonnai Hickok, Sunil Abraham and Ambika Tandon participated in this event organized by IDRC in Sri Lanka on January 11 - 14, 2019.
19 Jan 2019
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RFCs We Love meetupIn 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.
18 Jan 2019
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Webinar on the draft Intermediary Guidelines Amendment RulesCCAOI 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.
18 Jan 2019
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They know where you areWith hotel-booking app routinely sharing real-time guest data with police and government, lives of those fleeing persecution is in danger, privacy advocates fear.
18 Jan 2019
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Oyo Hotels’ Real-Time Digital Record Database Sparks Privacy FearsOyo Hotels’ pilot to maintain a real-time digital database of guests and plan to share it with law-enforcement agencies has triggered privacy concerns.
18 Jan 2019
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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?
15 Jan 2019
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The DNA Bill has a sequence of problems that need to be resolvedIn its current form, it’s far from comprehensive and fails to adequately address privacy and security concerns.
14 Jan 2019
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How to make EVMs hack-proof, and elections more trustworthyFree 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 …
13 Jan 2019
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Civic activism over WhatsApp and stories of and from cab drivers are part of a new narrative in BengaluruDoes a city have a pulse? And can that pulse be felt in its technological interactions?
12 Jan 2019
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Creeped out by Netflix's 'You'? Here's how you can avoid online stalkers, data thievesSeveral 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.
3 Jan 2019
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Registering for Aadhaar in 2019It is a lot less scary registering for Aadhaar in 2019 than it was in 2010, given how the authentication modalities have since evolved.
31 Dec 2018
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The constitutionality of MHA surveillance orderThe rules require review committees to examine all surveillance orders issued under this section every couple of months.
31 Dec 2018
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Economics of Cybersecurity: Literature Review CompendiumThe 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 …
30 Dec 2018
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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?
30 Dec 2018
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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 …
29 Dec 2018
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Is the new ‘interception’ order old wine in a new bottle?The government could always authorise intelligence agencies to intercept and monitor communications, but the lack of clarity is problematic.
26 Dec 2018
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Private-public partnership for cyber securityGiven the decentralised nature of cyberspace, the private sector will have to play a vital role in enforcing rules for security.
26 Dec 2018
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India-China Tech Forum 2018Arindrajit Basu spoke at the India-China Tech Forum 2018 organised by ORF and Peking University at the Ji Xianlin Centre for India-China Studies, Mumbai on December 11 - 12, 2018. The event functioned as a bi-annual dialogue that fosters …
26 Dec 2018
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Big Brother is here: Amid snooping row, govt report says monitoring system 'practically complete'The recently released 2017-18 annual report of the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) says that surveillance equipment is being rolled out in 21 service areas across the country.
25 Dec 2018
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Ten Indian government agencies can now snoop on people’s internet dataIn a significant attack on online privacy, India’s Home Affair’s Ministry has authorised no fewer than ten different central government agencies to intercept, monitor, and decrypt “any information generated, transmitted, received or stored …