Tracing Traceability: Why Weakening Encryption Threatens Privacy and Free Speech
Weakening encryption technology has serious implications on privacy and security. What are the workarounds to breaking end-to-end encryption?
Electronic Walls: Protecting Ourselves in the Absence of Digital Privacy
Written by Karthik Sundar
Cambridge Analytica’s utilization of data in the Brexit and Trump campaigns was shockingly effective. Through an app called “thisismydigitallife” developed by...
Customers Are Central to the Gig Economy. Will We Use Our Voice to Fight...
It is all-too-convenient to ignore the fact that the little brightly-coloured delivery executive icon riding through the map on our mobile screens is actually a human being who deserves respectable working conditions, at the very least.
How the Draft Data Protection Bill Bodes Ill For Social Media Platforms and Users
The Draft Data Protection Bill is holding social media platforms hostage by risking their safe harbour protections. It also risks the privacy and freedom of speech that users are entitled to.
The Risky Business of Large Hydropower Dams
On 23 April 2020, the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC)—the panel under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change that approves forest clearance for...
As We May Teach: Where Does All the Ed-Tech Data Go?
This article is the first instalment of Aparna Ramanujam's two-part series 'As We May Teach' which evaluates the privacy concerns and cognitive learning aspects of...
Beyond Pegasus: The Story of State Surveillance in India
Not every citizen or institution is surveilled in the same manner, or for the same reasons. Categorising government surveillance into ‘Big Fish’, ‘Small Fish’, and ‘Dark Modes’ outlines how each type of surveillance seriously damages India's democracy.
Digitalizing India’s Judiciary: COVID-19’s Silver Lining
A hybrid model of offline and online proceedings as envisaged in Phase III of the E-Courts project is most suitable for India's judicial system.
Shouldn’t eGov Software Be Free and Open Source?
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Understanding the Context
Bureaucratic transactions are no longer confined to stuffy sarkari offices. At the Centre and state levels,...
To What Extent Does India’s Surveillance Regime Affect Citizen’s Privacy?
Attacks like 9/11 and 26/11 shock the conscience of our societies and states—it is in the background of such attacks, that governments tend to...
