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Clarification on the Information Security Practices of Aadhaar Report
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by
Amber Sinha and Srinivas Kodali
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published
Nov 05, 2018
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last modified
Nov 05, 2018 12:08 PM
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Featured,
Homepage,
Aadhaar
We are issuing a second clarificatory statement on our report titled “Information Security Practices of Aadhaar (or lack thereof): A documentation of public availability of Aadhaar numbers with sensitive personal financial information” published on May 1, 2017.
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Blog
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Wikisource Handbook for Indian Communities
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by
Bodhisattwa Mandal and Ananth Subray P. V.
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published
Sep 19, 2018
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filed under:
CIS-A2K,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Featured,
Homepage
Wikisource is one of the trending Wikimedia projects. Many new editors and new books to Indic language Wikisource's get added over a period of time. However, new editors as well as existing editors face numerous problems while working with the content online. The Centre for Internet & Society's Access to Knowledge (CIS-A2K) team, to help the editors, has created this Handbook. CIS invites feedback to the first draft of this Handbook. CIS-A2K will continue to work with the Wikipedia communities to improve their efforts towards developing Wikisource.
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Blogs
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ICANN Diversity Analysis
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by
Akriti Bopanna
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published
Jul 16, 2018
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last modified
Aug 29, 2018 11:19 AM
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ICANN,
Featured,
Homepage,
Internet Governance
The by-laws of The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) state that it is a non-profit public-benefit corporation which is responsible at the overall level, for the coordination of the “global internet's systems of unique identifiers, and in particular to ensure the stable and secure operation of the internet's unique identifier systems”. As key stakeholders of ICANN are spread across the world, much of the communication discussing the work of ICANN takes place over email. This analysis of the diversity of participation at the ICANN processes, through a study of their mailing lists, was undertaken by Paul Kurian and Akriti Bopanna.
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Blog
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Internet Shutdown Stories
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by
Ambika Tandon
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published
May 17, 2018
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last modified
Sep 03, 2019 09:57 AM
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Featured,
Homepage,
Internet Governance,
Censorship
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) has published a collection of stories of the impact of internet shutdowns on people's lives in the country. This book seeks to give a glimpse into the lives of those directly affected by these internet shutdown experiments. When seen in a larger context, we hope that the stories in this book also demonstrate that access to the internet and freedom of speech is not just about an individual’s rights, but are also required for the collective good. This is a project funded by Facebook and MacArthur Foundation, and the stories were provided by 101 Reporters. Case studies from the states of Jammu & Kashmir, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Telangana, West Bengal, Tripura, Manipur, Nagaland, and Uttar Pradesh have been highlighted in this compilation.
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Blog
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What’s up with WhatsApp?
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by
Aayush Rathi and Sunil Abraham
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published
Apr 23, 2018
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Social Media,
Privacy,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
WhatsApp,
Homepage
In 2016, WhatsApp Inc announced it was rolling out end-to-end encryption, but is the company doing what it claims to be doing?
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Government gives free publicity worth 40k to Twitter and Facebook
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by
Akriti Bopanna
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published
Apr 10, 2018
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last modified
Apr 27, 2018 09:52 AM
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filed under:
Google,
Instagram,
Privacy,
Twitter,
YouTube,
Internet Governance,
Featured,
Google Plus,
Facebook,
Homepage
We conducted a 2 week survey of newspapers for links between government advertisement to social media giants. As citizens, we should be worried about the close nexus between the Indian government and digital behemoths such as Facebook, Google and Twitter. It has become apparent to us after a 2 week print media analysis that our Government has been providing free publicity worth Rs 40,000 to these entities. There are multiple issues with this as this article attempts at pointing out.
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Blog
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On World Water Day - Open Data for Water Resources
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Mar 22, 2018
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last modified
Jan 28, 2019 02:41 PM
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Open Water Data,
Open Data,
Open Science,
Open Government Data,
Environment,
Featured,
Openness,
Homepage
Lack of open data for researchers and activists is a key barrier against ensuring access to water and planning for sustainable management of water resources. In a collaboration between DataMeet and CIS, supported by Arghyam, we are exploring the early steps for making open data and tools to plan for water resources accessible to all. To celebrate the World Water Day 2018, we are sharing what we have been working on in the past few months - a paper on open data for water studies in India, and a web app to make open water data easily explorable and usable. Craig Dsouza led this collaboration, and authored this post.
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Openness
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CIS Comments on TRAI Consultation Paper on Promoting Local Telecom Equipment Manufacturing
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Nov 26, 2017
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last modified
Nov 26, 2017 02:56 AM
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Telecom,
Featured,
Homepage
The Centre for Internet & Society (CIS) sent comments to the TRAI Consultation Paper on promoting telecom equipment manufacturing. CIS submission drew primarily from the research done in the Pervasive Technologies project.
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Blog
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The Fundamental Right to Privacy: An Analysis
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by
Amber Sinha
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published
Sep 27, 2017
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last modified
Oct 04, 2017 11:19 AM
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Featured,
Homepage,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
Last month’s judgment by the nine judge referral bench was an emphatic endorsement of the the constitutional right to privacy. In the course of a 547 page judgment, the bench affirmed the fundamental nature of the right to privacy reading it into the values of dignity and liberty. In the course of a few short papers, we will dissect the various aspects of the right to privacy as put forth by the nine judge constitutional bench in the Puttaswamy matter. The papers will focus on the sources, structure, scope, breadth, and future of privacy. Here are the first three papers, authored by Amber Sinha and edited by Elonnai Hickok.
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High Level Comparison and Analysis of the Use and Regulation of DNA Based Technology Bill 2017
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by
Elonnai Hickok
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published
Aug 04, 2017
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last modified
Aug 11, 2017 02:16 AM
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Featured,
Homepage,
Internet Governance,
Privacy
This blog post seeks to provide a high level comparison of the 2017 and 2015 DNA Profiling Bill - calling out positive changes, remaining issues, and missing provisions.
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