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India releases data-use protocols for its contact-tracing app... after five weeks and 100 million downloads
2020-05-12 04:10

India's government has released the protocol for using data gathered by its Aarogya Setu COVID-19 tracing app, weeks after its April 2nd release and after it was downloaded almost 100 million times. The protocols [PDF], released yesterday by India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, state that the state-run National Informatics Centre will "Collect only such data as is necessary and proportionate to formulate or implement appropriate health responses."

India acknowledges, but brushes aside, features-not-bugs in Aarogya Setu virus contact-tracing app
2020-05-06 02:34

The Indian government has acknowledged "Potential security issues" in the Aarogya Setu contact-tracing app which its opposition labels as a "Surveillance system with no oversight", but says the code issues are not that big a deal. Unlike other nations' contact-tracing apps, Aarogya Setu is not open source or known to be based on other open-source efforts.

India makes contact-tracing app compulsory in viral hot zones despite most local phones not being smart
2020-05-04 07:31

In 1965, Gordon Moore published a short informal paper, Cramming more components onto integrated circuits. Based on not much more but these few data points and his knowledge of silicon chip development - he was head of R&D at Fairchild Semiconductors, the company that was to seed Silicon Valley - he said that for the next decade, component counts by area could double every year.

India says 'Zoom is a not a safe platform' and bans government users
2020-04-17 02:07

In 1965, Gordon Moore published a short informal paper, Cramming more components onto integrated circuits. Based on not much more but these few data points and his knowledge of silicon chip development - he was head of R&D at Fairchild Semiconductors, the company that was to seed Silicon Valley - he said that for the next decade, component counts by area could double every year.

'Not a Safe Platform': India Bans Zoom for Government Use
2020-04-16 16:44

India has banned the use of video-conferencing app Zoom for government remote meetings, the government said Thursday, in the latest warning about the platform's security. "Zoom is not a safe platform," the statement said.

India Seeks Answers From WhatsApp After Cyberespionage
2019-10-31 18:41

India demanded answers from WhatsApp over a snooping scandal Thursday after coming under fire from critics who accused authorities of using malware installed on the Facebook-owned messaging...

State Bank of India Leaves Millions of Customer Messages Exposed
2019-01-31 17:59

The State Bank of India is the latest large organization to leave a database full of personal information exposed and accessible on the internet. read more

WhatsApp Appoints Grievance Officer for India
2018-09-25 12:48

Security Experts Question Whether the Move Will Have a Significant Impact on Fake NewsWhatsApp has agreed to appoint a grievance officer for India who will handle complaints about fake news. The...

India's ISPs show they have good MANRS, sign up to Internet Society's routing security scheme
2018-09-04 14:20

Subcontinent agrees to bolster web infrastructure India's ISPs have agreed as a bloc to join The Internet Society's MANRS route integrity programme.…