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Nothing unique about this identity
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Prasad Krishna
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Aug 09, 2011
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filed under:
Privacy
Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking peeping tom to install your window blinds, opined, not long ago, the American poet and novelist John Perry Barlow once. The statement attains significance in the context of Unique Identification (UID) project which is being touted as a milepost in inclusive politics. Liberalisation evangelists see UID project as the most virtuous thing that can ever happen to the Indian people who find themselves excluded from the system.
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Tired of tele-marketing calls? Act on privacy right: Experts
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 09, 2011
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filed under:
Privacy
Annoyed with unsolicited calls from insurance and banking companies? Under the proposed Right to Privacy Act, such calls would be considered a violation and the company responsible penalised up to Rs 5 lakh. The draft Right to Privacy Bill says that no person with a business in the country can collect or disclose any data relating to any individual without his/her consent.
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When Knowledge Isn’t Written, Does It Still Count?
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 09, 2011
“MAKING fun of Wikipedia is so 2007,” a French journalist said recently to Sue Gardner, the executive director of the foundation that runs the Wikipedia project.
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Better Understanding of the Idea of Privacy Sought
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 07, 2011
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last modified
Aug 08, 2011 07:40 AM
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filed under:
Privacy
Understanding the ways in which an individual's privacy is violated will help provide a better definition of privacy in India. At a public conference called ‘Privacy Matters' held at the Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) here on Saturday, speakers underscored the need for discussions surrounding the privacy bill.
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Converting Indian Slacktivists Takes (Offline) Time
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 04, 2011
No matter how much attention an online protest campaign might appear to be getting in terms of likes, fans or retweets, it’s rarely likely to be able to draw even a fraction of its Internet supporters to a street protest. That’s as true in India as anywhere else in the world, it appears.
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Internet, Society & Space in Indian Cities - A Call for Peer Review
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 14, 2011
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last modified
Apr 06, 2015 03:52 PM
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filed under:
Histories of Internet,
Researchers at Work,
Internet Histories
Pratyush Shankar's research project on "Internet, Society & Space in Indian Cities" is a part of the Researchers @ Work Programme at the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore. His monograph explores the trajectories of transformation and perception of cities in India in context with the rise of Information Technologies for communication and presence of an active digital space.
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Internet, Society and Space in Indian Cities
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Portal augurs well for transparency
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 25, 2011
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last modified
Jul 26, 2011 03:16 PM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
Data.gov.in will have meta-data, which will facilitate discovery of data and access from portals of ministries, says T Ramachandra. The article was published in the Hindu on 25 July 2011.
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Facebook, my boyfriend is lousy
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 24, 2011
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last modified
Jul 25, 2011 10:07 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
While a sizeable chunk of users do not mind living their life in public, oversharing can have nasty repercussions in real life. This article by Sahana Saran was published in the Bangalore Mirror on 24 July 2011.
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UID: The World’s Largest Biometric Database
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 23, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance
At the start of his presentation, Sunil Abraham pointed to two aerial drawings of cybercafes: one where each computer was part of a private booth, and one where the computers were in the open so the screens would be visible to any one. Which layout would be more friendly to women, and why, Abraham wanted to know. Some participants selected the first option, liking the idea of the privacy, while others liked the second option so that the cybercafe owner would be able to monitor users’ activities.
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People are Knowledge – Experimenting with Oral Citations on Wikipedia
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 22, 2011
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last modified
Dec 14, 2012 10:26 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Projects
The Centre for Internet and Society in association with the Wikimedia Foundation has produced a documentary film "People are Knowledge". The film evolved out of a project on Oral Citations in India and South Africa funded by the Wikimedia Foundation, and undertaken by Wikimedia Foundation Advisory Board Member Achal Prabhala as a short-term fellowship, to help overcome a lack of published materials in emerging languages on Wikipedia. New Delhi-based filmmaker Priya Sen has directed the film, with additional assistance from Zen Marie who handled the shooting in South Africa. The film explores how alternate methods of citation could be employed on Wikipedia, documenting a series of specific situations with regards to published knowledge, and subsequently, with oral citations.
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