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Designing a Human Rights Impact Assessment for ICANN’s Policy Development Processes
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by
Collin Kure, Akriti Bopanna and Austin Ruckstuhl
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published
Oct 03, 2019
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last modified
Oct 03, 2019 02:43 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance
As co-chairs of Cross Community Working Party on Human Rights (CCWP-HR) at International Corporation of Names and Numbers (ICANN), Akriti Bopanna and Collin Kurre executed a Human Rights Impact Assessment for ICANN's processes. It was the first time such an experiment was conducted, and unique because of being a multi-stakeholder attempt.
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DesiSec: Cybersecurity and Civil Society in India
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by
Laird Brown
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published
Jun 20, 2015
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last modified
Jun 29, 2015 04:25 PM
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filed under:
Censorship,
Privacy,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Internet Governance,
Cyber Security Film,
Featured,
Chilling Effect,
Cyber Security,
Homepage,
Cyber Security Interview
As part of its project on mapping cyber security actors in South Asia and South East Asia, the Centre for Internet & Society conducted a series of interviews with cyber security actors. The interviews were compiled and edited into one documentary. The film produced by Purba Sarkar, edited by Aaron Joseph, and directed by Oxblood Ruffin features Malavika Jayaram, Nitin Pai, Namita Malhotra, Saikat Datta, Nishant Shah, Lawrence Liang, Anja Kovacs, Sikyong Lobsang Sangay and, Ravi Sharada Prasad.
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DesiSec: Episode 1 - Film Release and Screening
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by
Purba Sarkar
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published
Nov 28, 2013
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last modified
Dec 17, 2013 08:13 AM
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filed under:
Cyberspace,
Privacy,
Cybersecurity,
Internet Governance,
Surveillance,
Cyber Security Film,
Cyber Security,
Event
The Centre for Internet and Society is pleased to to announce the release of the first documentary film on cybersecurity in India - DesiSec.
We hope you can join us for a special screening of the first episode of DesiSec, on 11th December, at CIS!
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Despite apex court order, IOC proceeds with Aadhaar-linked DBT
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jan 06, 2014
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last modified
Jan 31, 2014 06:50 AM
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filed under:
UID,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Once DBT starts, there is no other method to avail of subsidy: IOC official.
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Despite SC order, thousands booked under scrapped Sec 66A of IT Act
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 07, 2016
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filed under:
IT Act,
Internet Governance
College student Danish Mohammed’s arrest this March under the scrapped Section 66A of the Information Technology Act for allegedly sharing a morphed picture of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat wasn’t an exception.
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News & Media
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Details emerge on government blockade of websites
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 28, 2012
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filed under:
IT Act,
Social media,
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Public Accountability,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
Facebook pages, Twitter handles among 300 unique web addresses blocked by ISPs.
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Details of 135 million Aadhaar card holders may have leaked, claims CIS report
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 02, 2017
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last modified
May 20, 2017 08:42 AM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The disclosure came as part of a CIS report titled ‘Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof): A Documentation of Public Availability of Aadhaar Numbers with Sensitive Personal Financial Information’.
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Developer releases WannaCry key-recovery tool for Windows XP
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 20, 2017
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last modified
Jun 07, 2017 01:02 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
However, a cyber security expert working with the Centre for Internet and Society, Udbhav Tiwari working on vulnerabilities such as these, said as most ATMs in the country especially of the public-sector banks run on outdated operating systems, or are not updated regularly, they can be easily compromised. Unfortunately, however, a new variant of the program is already in the wild.
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Developer team fixed vulnerabilities in Honorable PM's app and API
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Dec 04, 2016
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filed under:
Privacy,
Security,
Internet Governance,
Data Protection,
Cyber Security,
Hacking,
Mobile Apps,
Data Management
The official app of Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister, was found to contain a security flaw in 2015 that exposed millions of people's personal data. A few days ago a very similar flaw was reported again. This post by Bhavyanshu Parasher, who found the flaw and sought to get it fixed last year, explains the technical details behind the security vulnerability.
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Developing location-based services
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Feb 28, 2012
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filed under:
Internet Governance
For mapping enthusiasts, geeks and neogeographers in Bangalore, here's something to look forward to. Cartonama, a workshop that offers intensive hands-on training on tools to build and manage location data for location-based services, will be held in the city on March 2 and 3.
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