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CCTV in Universities
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by
Merlin Oommen
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published
Aug 10, 2011
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last modified
Sep 01, 2011 09:50 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Basic Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Infrastructure is used to observe movements from a central room, and consists of one or more video cameras that transmit video and audio images to a set of monitors or video recorders.
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Internet Governance
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Privacy
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Govt wants to monitor Facebook, Twitter
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 09, 2011
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filed under:
Internet Governance
The Union home ministry has written to the department of telecom asking it to "ensure effective monitoring of Twitter and Facebook".
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News & Media
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Re-thinking Key Escrow
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by
Natasha Vaz
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published
Aug 09, 2011
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last modified
Aug 22, 2011 11:44 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Would you make duplicates of your house keys and hand them over to the local police authority? And if so, would you feel safe? Naturally, one would protest this invasion of privacy. Similarly, would it be justified for the government to have a copy of the private key to intercept and decrypt communications? This is the idea behind key escrow; it enables government ‘wiretapping’.
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Privacy
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The Mirror in the Enigma: How Germany lost World War II to a Mathematical Theorem
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by
elonnai hickok
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published
Aug 04, 2011
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last modified
Sep 22, 2011 07:53 AM
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Lecture,
Internet Governance
Today we use encryption in pretty much everything — cellphones, Internet, banking, satellites, and spaceships. How far have we come since the days of the Enigma and how does it affect our daily lives? CIS invites you to attend a short lecture by Rohit Gupta on August 12, 2011.
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Events
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Internet Governance Blog
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by
kaeru
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published
Aug 01, 2011
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last modified
Oct 18, 2011 06:40 AM
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filed under:
Internet Governance
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July 2011 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 28, 2011
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last modified
Jul 30, 2012 07:00 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
CISRAW,
Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this issue we are pleased to present you the latest updates about our research, upcoming events, and news and media coverage:
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Newsletters
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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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News & Media
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UID: Nothing to Hide, Nothing to Fear?
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by
Shilpa Narani
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published
Jul 25, 2011
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last modified
Sep 28, 2011 11:44 AM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
Isn’t it interesting that authorities ask you about your identity and you end up showing your proof of existence! Isn’t this breaching into one’s personal life? Why so much transparency only from the public side? Why can’t the government be equally transparent to the public?, asks Shilpa Narani.
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Privacy
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An Overview of DNA Labs in India
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by
Shilpa Narani
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published
Jul 24, 2011
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last modified
Feb 02, 2016 01:11 PM
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Internet Governance,
Privacy
DNA fingerprinting has become the most precise and technologically advanced method for identifying crimes such as murder, kidnapping, robbery and rape. Police and judicial authorities and in some cases even private parties retain this in their records, writes Shilpa in this blog post.
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Blog
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Privacy
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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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News & Media