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Expert Comments on CDAC document: by Prasad Krishna — published May 19, 2017
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Taking Cognisance of the Deeply Flawed System That Is Aadhaar: by Prasad Krishna — published May 19, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Aadhaar and its many connotations have grown to be among the most burning issues on the Indian fore today, that every citizen aware of their rights should be taking note of.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Aadhaar security: Here's how your private information can be protected: by Prasad Krishna — published May 19, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Lock Aadhaar, and notify UIDAI if you get a one-time-password for a transaction you did not initiate
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof): by Aditya Tejas — published May 17, 2017
A documentation of public availability of Aadhaar numbers with sensitive personal financial information (updated)
Located in Internet Governance
Clarification on Information Security Practices of the Aadhaar Report: by Aditya Tejas — published May 17, 2017
Located in Internet Governance
Clarification on the Information Security Practices of Aadhaar Report: by Prasad Krishna — published May 16, 2017
Located in Internet Governance / Files
Updated Aadhaar Report: by Prasad Krishna — published May 16, 2017
Located in Internet Governance / Files
Tech Anthropology Today: Collaborate, Rather than Fetishize from Afar: by Geert Lovink and Ramesh Srinivasan — published May 16, 2017 — last modified May 16, 2017 02:51 PM — filed under: Internet Studies, RAW Blog, Ethnography, Offline, Researchers at Work
"That is why the 'offline' if you will is so critical to understanding the 'online'—because they do not exist in isolation and what we have constructed is an illusory binary between the two." In this interview, Geert Lovink discusses with Ramesh Srinivasan: “how can we embrace the realities of communities too-often relegated to the margins?”
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India is building a biometric database for 1.3 billion people — and enrollment is mandatory: by Prasad Krishna — published May 12, 2017 — filed under: Aadhaar, Internet Governance, Privacy
Inside the buzzing enrollment agency, young professionals wearing slim-fitting jeans and lanyards around their necks tapped away at keyboards and fiddled with fingerprint scanning devices as they helped build the biggest and most ambitious biometric database ever conceived.
Located in Internet Governance / News & Media
SoI’s Open Series Maps Fails to Implement Public Sharing of Govt Data: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published May 04, 2017 — filed under: Open Data, Open Government Data, Geospatial Data, Openness
Although it has made the topographic maps or the Open Series Maps available to general public, Survey of India’s (SoI) Nakshe portal will have to go through a variety of litmus test, as the initiative fails to implement the mandates of public sharing of government data using open standards and open license as put forward by the NMP 2005 and NDSAP 2012, says Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Research Director, The Centre for Internet and Society. This interview was published by Geospatial World on May 02, 2017.
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