INTERNET PRIVACY IN 2017: PREDICTIONS AND SECURITY ADVICE: It’s clear that 2016 was probably the worst year ever in online privacy, considering increasingly restrictive surveillance laws of governments around the world, major online hacks—such as compromised accounts of over a million Yahoo users—and authoritarian regimes blocking Internet to restrict the freedom of speech. So, what…
Govt cyber cell to watch social media posts: The Haryana government has decided to ratchet up its cyber policing with a centre for digital investigations that it will inaugurate on Wednesday in Gurgaon. The Digital Investigation Training and Analysis Centre (Ditac) will focus exclusively on social media content, picking up anything it feels is “inflammatory”…
Internet Connectivity Still Out Of Reach For 950 Million Indians: Study: NEW DELHI: India may have the world’s second largest internet user base, but connectivity remains out of reach for nearly 950 million citizens, a report said today. “Even with the internet data plans in India being among the cheapest in the world and the…
India ranks 6th in cybercrime; trails Nepal, Bangladesh in download speed: According to a Times of India report, India stands at the 96th spot in terms of download speed and 105th when it comes to average bandwidth availability. Moreover, the country also has a record of poor internet security, which is progressively becoming worse. Read…
Panic Online: Where is the Line Between Security & Freedom?: Rapid spread of misinformation could have potentially escalated into on-street mobilisation and counter-mobilisation, but was prevented by credible online presence of the Bengaluru City Police, which quickly dismissed this malicious information through its Twitter and Facebook social media teams… Read More
Free data in rural areas: Trai proposal could violate Net neutrality: Less than a year after the government banned Airtel Zero and Facebook’s Free Basics for violating net neutrality provisions, Trai has recommended an aggregator model to provide rural smartphone users with 100MB of free data a month. It examined three possible models—a ‘reward’ model…
Hi-tech lab helps cops nail cyber blackmailers: NOIDA: For Manish (name changed), a day out at the Noida stadium with his son turned into a nightmare.”My five-year-old son wanted to go to a washroom to relieve himself. So I took him outside the stadium in search of a suitable spot. However, soon a man reached…
MBA student held over dog meat rumour on WhatsApp: HYDERABAD: Cyberabad police arrested a 22-year-old MBA student for posting a damaging Whatsapp messageagainst a city-based eatery. The offender, V Chandra Mohan, posted that Shah Ghouse restaurant in the city had used dog meat in Biryani. The message went viral and caused enormous financial losses for…
Ooty Stands As Google’s 100th WiFi Enabled Railway Station In India: Earlier, CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai announced a pact of granting free WiFi to the 400 busiest Railway stations in India. This activity assured by Google is so far going well as per the norms. Free Wifi is enabled at Udhagamandalam (Ooty) station today,…
Cyberbullying in India is a form of censorship: Mishi Choudhary, Executive Director of SFLC: Cyberbullying and online harassment is a major global problem. The lack of a physical presence only means that people are more mentally exposed in the digital realm. A majority of children in India encounter online harassment in one form or another,…