News Parliamentary panel to take closer look at Big Tech’s antitrust practices It also has crypto regulations and issues related to the startup ecosystem on its plate. Anushka JainApril 29, 2022
News Deep Dive: Tata Neu’s customer data aggregation raises privacy concerns Tata shares personal data of its users between its various brands such as BigBasket, 1mg, Croma; here's why this is problematic. Sarvesh MathiApril 19, 2022
News 360 degree profiling: Maharashtra government to assign unique IDs to citizens, integrate databases Government requirements to draw connections between people and places using data analytics also bring up surveillance fears. Aihik SurApril 12, 2022
News Exclusive: What stands out among internet shutdowns ordered in Meghalaya since 2020? Hint: They involved a lot of copy paste work. Anushka JainApril 1, 2022
News Exclusive: Mumbai Police looks to tackle cyber crimes by profiling social media users and keeping tabs on their “thoughts” From a face-matcher to an encryption backdoor, the police are on the lookout for powerful tech that carries grave implications. Aihik SurMarch 30, 2022
News Biometric verification of voters in Bihar’s panchayat polls was mandatory. Here’s how that went down Matching voters' fingerprints with Aadhaar data is legally questionable but that hasn't stopped other states from taking a cue. Anushka JainMarch 24, 2022
News Exclusive: How a hacker used social engineering to target a Newslaundry journalist on Instagram and what happened after Not exactly a run-of-the-mill phishing scam, regaining access to the hacked Instagram account turned out to be an uphill task. Sarvesh MathiMarch 22, 2022
News Exclusive: How and why law enforcement agencies in India are using phone-cracking tools Police officials who use a range of cyber forensic tools mostly swear by them, but experts share profiling and privacy concerns. Aihik SurMarch 16, 2022
News Exclusive: The curious case of words like “discord” and “tiktok” being blocked on Airtel SMS Airtel appears to block incoming and outgoing of messages containing certain words like "tiktok," "discord," and "shareit." Sarvesh MathiMarch 10, 2022
News Interview: TCIL Chairman talks about video analytics system to profile voters at poll booths Technological interventions in India's voting process have been on the rise since 2020, despite serious concerns. Anushka JainFebruary 25, 2022