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WATBlog’s Take on India’s Outlook towards Cyber Terrorism and How To Impeach Privacy

The Indian news vine seems to be full with the Indian government’s decision to keep a closer eye on the cyber cafes, thanks to recent terror attacks in the country. Already, a lot of cyber cafes have been asking for photo-id cards before you can go in & surf. Now come a few more regulations. In this post, we try to find a more approachable solution to problem that the authorities face, track every single cyber step of yours!

GMail Introduces New Privacy Settings - Remote Log Out, Logged In Stats & IP Address!

GMail Introduces New Privacy Settings - Remote Log Out, Logged In Stats & IP Address!

 
Here is an innovation from GMail that every single email user in the world is guaranteed to love! How many times have you wondered if you had signed out of your email after accessing it from a public computer? Have you ever been a victim of password theft? We all love the fact that Google [...]

Google - Viacom Suit Heats Up, YouTube Users Flame Viacom on Privacy Concerns

 
A few days back, we had reported about Google’s YouTube being sued by Viacom, which owns brands like MTV, Nickelodeon and Paramount, for almost 1 billion dollars, claiming that several of Viacom’s video shows had been illegally broadcast on YouTube. Viacom had also asked for access to YouTube’s source code and its search API but [...]

Privacy Disaster at Twitter: Direct Messages Exposed on “Everybody” Feed

Privacy Disaster at Twitter: Direct Messages Exposed on “Everybody” Feed

Twitter user Orli Yakuel, with 650 followers, had a nasty surprise this morning - all of her direct messages (private messages between two Twitter users) showed up in her normal Twitter stream. Friends messaged her to tell her about the embarrassing issue as reported by TechCrunch.    This doesn’t bode well for Twitter, which has not been monetized so [...]

IAMAI Session II: Empowerment of the User and Humanization of the Internet

Esther Dyson,Chairperson of EDventure Holdings (USA) delivered the keynote address. AshishKashyap, CEO of Ibibo and Anupam Mittal, Chairmanof the People Group completed the Panel.
 
Here is WAT we think required attention andanalysis:
(Psst.. watch out for exclusive interviewsof Esther Dyson and Ashish Kashyap on WATShow)
 
 
Privacy of users will be the concern oftomorrow. Users will be given  morefreedom to control their content. [...]

IAMAI Session II: Empowerment of the User and Humanization of the Internet

Esther Dyson, Chairperson of EDventure Holdings (USA) delivered the keynote address. Ashish Kashyap, CEO of Ibibo and Anupam Mittal, Chairman of the People Group completed the Panel.
 
Here is WAT we think required attention and analysis:
(Psst.. watch out for exclusive interviews of Esther Dyson and Ashish Kashyap on WATShow)
 
 
Privacy of users will be the concern of tomorrow. Users will be [...]