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773 Million Unique Email IDs Leaked: Web Researcher
17 Jan 2019
Web security researcher Troy Hunt said this data leak was part of the "Collection #1" which is a set of email addresses and passwords totalling 2,692,818,238 rows.
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Aadhaar Goes Back to Court
26 Dec 2018
Two petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court to review the September 26 Judgement which upheld Aadhaar’s Constitutional validity.
Prabir Purkayastha
Has India Become a Surveillance State?
25 Dec 2018
The recent notification by the Home Ministry and the proposed changes to the Information Technology rules threatens citizens’ privacy and freedom of expression. A Newsclick conversation between…
Vivan Eyben
RS Sharma's Aadhaar 'Challenge'
30 Jul 2018
If any harm has actually been caused to Sharma using his Aadhaar number, it is unlikely to be announced over Twitter.
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No Consent, No Control: I&B Move to Install Chips in the Set-Top Boxes Invades Privacy?
17 Apr 2018
According to the senior official from the ministry, the move will help obtain “more authentic” viewership figures that will help the advertisers and Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (…
Amit Kapoor
Democracy in the Age of Data
27 Mar 2018
"Data is the new oil" has been a clichéd maxim of the internet age.
Surangya Kaur
AI Race: China and US in the Lead, Where Does India Stand?
12 Feb 2018
India is lagging behind in both data and the availability of skilled professionals capable of handling data.
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Why You Should be Scared of Aadhaar Data Leaks
18 Jan 2018
With everything being connected to Aadhaar, the threat posed by Aadhaar details being made public information is very real…
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Aadhaar Can Cause ‘Civil Death’ of Citizens: Shyam Divan to Supreme Court as Final Hearings Begin
17 Jan 2018
A five-judge Constitution Bench is hearing a bunch of 24 petitions challenging the biometrics-linked Unique Identification (UID) number project.
R. Ramakumar
On the Supreme Court judgement on Aadhaar
12 Aug 2015
The judgement of the Supreme Court on Aadhaar on Tuesday is important in many ways. First, it does bring an end to one stage of the long legal struggle to ensure that citizen's rights and liberties…