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Request for Specifics: Rebuttal to UIDAI
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by
Hans Varghese Mathews
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published
Oct 16, 2016
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last modified
Oct 30, 2016 03:06 PM
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filed under:
UID,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Responding to the Unique Identification Authority of India’s article that found “serious mathematical errors” in “Flaws in the UIDAI Process” (EPW 12 March 2016), the main mathematical argument used to arrive at the number of duplicates in the biometric database is explained.
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An 'app'ening world
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 05, 2016
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filed under:
WhatsApp,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
A ‘forward’ has been doing the rounds on WhatsApp about the privacy concerns relating to that instant messaging app; it’s asking for permission to share user data with Facebook.
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Eye on Mumbai
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Oct 02, 2016
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The feeds will be beamed to a video wall that stretches 21 feet across at the police’s command and control room.
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WhatsApp ruling: Experts seek privacy law
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 27, 2016
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filed under:
Social Media,
WhatsApp,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
On August 25, Whatsapp updated its policy to share user content with social network; the decision opened new monetisation models for the messaging app.
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LITD 17 Committee, Bureau of Indian Standards Meeting
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 23, 2016
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last modified
Oct 07, 2016 01:38 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
Vanya Rakesh attended the LITD-17 committee meeting (committee on Information Systems Security and Biometrics) organised by the Bureau of Indian Standards on 23 September 2016 in Bengaluru.
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The Future of Privacy in the Age of Big Data
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 22, 2016
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Big Data,
Privacy
A study tour on privacy and big data was organised by Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom from September 3 to 10, 2016 in Berlin and Hamburg. Vanya Rakesh was one of the participants from South Asia who went for the tour.
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Glaring Errors in UIDAI's Rebuttal
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Sep 18, 2016
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last modified
Sep 18, 2016 03:22 AM
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filed under:
UID,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
This response note by Pranesh Prakash questions Unique Identification Authority of India’s reply to Hans Verghese Mathews' article titled “Flaws in the UIDAI Process” (EPW, March 12, 2016), which found “serious mathematical errors” in the article.
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India's Aadhaar mandate for smartphone makers may rile global firms
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 15, 2016
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
They are unlikely to oblige to request to make changes in their operating system and devices to ensure Aadhaar authentication is done securely on smartphones.
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Report on Understanding Aadhaar and its New Challenges
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by
Japreet Grewal, Vanya Rakesh, Sumandro Chattapadhyay, and Elonnai Hickock
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published
Aug 31, 2016
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last modified
Mar 16, 2019 04:42 AM
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filed under:
Big Data,
Data Systems,
Privacy,
Researchers at Work,
Internet Governance,
Aadhaar,
Welfare Governance,
Biometrics,
Big Data for Development,
UID
The Trans-disciplinary Research Cluster on Sustainability Studies at Jawaharlal Nehru University collaborated with the Centre for Internet and Society, and other individuals and organisations to organise a two day workshop on “Understanding Aadhaar and its New Challenges” at the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, JNU on May 26 and 27, 2016. The objective of the workshop was to bring together experts from various fields, who have been rigorously following the developments in the Unique Identification (UID) Project and align their perspectives and develop a shared understanding of the status of the UID Project and its impact. Through this exercise, it was also sought to develop a plan of action to address the welfare exclusion issues that have arisen due to implementation of the UID Project.
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Extending Aadhaar to more areas is a hare-brained idea, it should be dropped
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 24, 2016
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
News reports that the mandatory use of Aadhaar could be extended to a host of new areas are extremely disturbing. According to these reports, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has identified 20 new areas for which Aadhaar can be made mandatory. This includes registration of companies and NGOs, insurance, competitive examinations and property and vehicle registration.
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