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Indian Government Quietly Brings In Its 'Central Monitoring System': Total Surveillance Of All Telecommunications: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 08, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 09:12 AM — filed under: Internet Governance, Privacy
There's a worrying trend around the world for governments to extend online surveillance capabilities to encompass all citizens -- often justified with the usual excuse of combatting terrorism and/or child pornography.
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‘Hacking’ sparks row over exam evaluation: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 07, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 08:58 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Over the past two days, Cornell University student Debarghya Das’ blog post on ‘Hacking the Indian Education System’ has kicked off a debate across the country over the security of data published online and the practice of moderation of marks obtained by school students in board examinations.
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Internet firms deny existence of PRISM: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 08, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 07:47 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
Nothing is private anymore. According to a leak in the US, which revealed the wide reach of a mass surveillance programme by intelligence agencies, messages, posts, chats on your computer or phone are all vulnerable to interception, thanks to direct access to servers of major tech companies.
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Indian student in Cornell University hacks into ICSE, ISC database: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 06, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 07:39 AM — filed under: Internet Governance
A 20-year-old Indian student from Cornell University hacked into the database of ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) school exam results, exposed glaring anomalies in the marking system and went on to merrily write about his exploits in an online post.
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Virtual Reality: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 07:35 AM
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Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Hasan (Coverage in Vijaya Karnataka): by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 05, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 07:22 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted a workshop in Hasan on June 4, 2013. Vijaya Karnataka published a report of the workshop on June 5, 2013.
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Vijaya Karnataka: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 07:20 AM
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Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Hasan (Coverage in Samyukta Karnataka): by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 05, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 07:16 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted a workshop in Hasan on June 4, 2013. Samyukta Karnataka published a report of the workshop on June 5, 2013.
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Samyukta Karnataka Report: by Prasad Krishna — last modified Jul 02, 2013 07:14 AM
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Kannada Wikipedia Workshop at Hasan (Coverage in Prajavani): by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 05, 2013 — last modified Jul 02, 2013 07:05 AM — filed under: Openness, Wikipedia, Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia
Dr. U.B. Pavanaja conducted a workshop in Hasan on June 4, 2013. Prajavani carried a report on June 5, 2013.
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