Internet Shutdowns and Content Blocking Not the Answer, Says Internet Society: The Internet Society today voiced its commitment to keeping the Internet on for everyone, in response to the increasing number of government orders to temporarily shut down or restrict access to Internet services. Speaking out at RightsCon 2017, the world’s leading conference on Internet…
Government admits Aadhaar was ‘great initiative’ of Congress regime: Admitting that Aadhaar was a “great initiative” of the previous UPA government, finance minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said it was being expanded by making the card mandatory for direct benefit transfer of subsidy and checking of tax evasion. Read More
Social media, a new tool for burglars: CHENNAI: They don’t lurk in the dark looking for a lock to pick or a wall to scale. Police are confronting a new breed of tech-savvy burglars who tap and swipe their way into homes using smart phones. The giveaway: the victims’ status messages and photos on social…
India ranks 2nd in ransomware attacks: Here’s how to stay guarded: Last week Mumbai-based freelance designer Vaibhav Agrawal found something rather strange on his computer. A file, the only one in that folder, somehow had a different name. And when he tried to run it, an error message popped up. He discovered that this happened…