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Cambridge Analytica scandal: How India can save democracy from Facebook
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Mar 28, 2018
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filed under:
Social Media,
Facebook,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Hegemonic incumbents like Google and Facebook need to be tackled with regulation; govt should use procurement power to fund open source alternatives.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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ICANN Analysis
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Mar 15, 2018
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Internet Governance
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Files
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Data Protection: We can innovate, leapfrog
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Jan 22, 2018
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Data Protection,
Privacy
About 27% of India's population is still illiterate or barely literate. Most privacy policies and terms of services for web and mobile applications are in English and therefore it is only 10% of us who can actually read them before we provide our consent.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Fixing Aadhaar: Security developers' task is to trim chances of data breach
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Jan 10, 2018
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last modified
Jan 10, 2018 04:47 PM
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The task before a security developer is not only to reduce the probability of identity breach but to eliminate certain occurrences.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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It’s the technology, stupid
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Mar 31, 2017
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last modified
Apr 07, 2017 12:53 PM
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filed under:
Biometrics,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Eleven reasons why the Aadhaar is not just non-smart but also insecure.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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How Aadhaar compromises privacy? And how to fix it?
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Mar 31, 2017
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last modified
Apr 01, 2017 07:00 AM
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filed under:
Surveillance,
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Aadhaar is mass surveillance technology. Unlike targeted surveillance which is a good thing, and essential for national security and public order – mass surveillance undermines security. And while biometrics is appropriate for targeted surveillance by the state – it is wholly inappropriate for everyday transactions between the state and law abiding citizens.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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Services like TwitterSeva aren’t the silver bullets they are made out to be
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Oct 06, 2016
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last modified
Oct 06, 2016 04:31 PM
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filed under:
Social Media,
Internet Governance
TwitterSeva is great, but it should not be considered a sufficient replacement for proper e-governance systems. This is because there are several serious shortcomings with the TwitterSeva approach, and it is no wonder that enthusiastic police officers and bureaucrats are somewhat upset with the slow deployment of e-governance applications. They are also right in being frustrated with the lack of usability and scalability of existing applications that hold out the promise of adopting private sector platforms to serve citizens better.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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April 2016 Newsletter
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Apr 30, 2016
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last modified
May 10, 2016 06:26 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Researchers at Work
Welcome to the CIS newsletter for April 2016. The key issues we worked on this month included the Aadhaar Act 2016, Standard Essential Patents, cyber security of smart grids, and involvement of international agencies in the smart cities project in India.
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About Us
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Newsletters
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Surveillance Project
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Apr 05, 2016
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filed under:
Aadhaar,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
The Aadhaar project’s technological design and architecture is an unmitigated disaster and no amount of legal fixes in the Act will make it any better.
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Internet Governance
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Blog
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CIS - A2K Work Plan: July 2016 - June 2017
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by
Sunil Abraham
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published
Apr 02, 2016
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last modified
Apr 29, 2016 09:36 AM
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Featured
One of the key mandates of the Access to Knowledge (A2K) program at the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) is to work towards catalyzing the growth of the free and open knowledge movement in Indic languages. CIS has been a steward of the Wikimedia movement in India since December 2008. Since September 2012, we at CIS-A2K, have been actively involved in growing the movement in India through (i) a grant received from the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) for the period September 2012 - June 2014, (ii) the FDC Grant received for the period July 2014 - June 2015 and (iii) the FDC Grant received for the period July 2015 - June 2016. Based on the productive experience of working with various Indic Wikimedia communities, CIS-A2K has developed this work plan for July 2016 to June 2017.
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Access to Knowledge
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Blogs