Internet Privacy
ChatGPT records everything you type; here is a privacy-focused alternative
There is an alternative for users who have concerns about divulging their personal information to an AI chatbot: PrivateGPT
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New IT Act may bring in deliberate misinformation, doxxing as offences
The law may have provisions for net neutrality, data privacy, and algorithmic accountability of social media platforms. It will focus on 'user harms' specific to the online world.
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Surfshark to shut down servers in India over govt's new CERT-In rules
Surfshark said that its servers in India will be shut down before June 27, when CERT-In's new rules will come in effect
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ExpressVPN removes India-based servers, says Centre's rules 'overreaching'
Virtual private network service provider ExpressVPN announced removal of all its India-based VPN servers, rejecting the directions given by CERT-In
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Veiled threats to privacy
Every VPN operating in India will now require to do the KYC for users and keep logs of their usage for five years
WEF 2022: Making the internet world safer by tackling harmful content
More than 4.7 billion people use the internet and McKinsey projects that roughly $2.5 trillion will be transacted online by 2025
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Google first tech firm to comply with new South Korean Internet law
Google will take measures to provide stable services, becoming the first company to come under the country's revised law that holds online content providers accountable for service errors
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Zoom's privacy glitches
Banning the platform is not the right solution
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A critical phase
While business opens, states must be ready for a spike in Covid cases
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How websites are watching your every move and ignoring privacy settings
The Princeton researchers found it was difficult to redact personally identifiable information from browsing behaviour records
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Internet privacy: US House of Representatives votes to revoke rules
Internet service providers won't require customers' permission to selling sensitive consumer data
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US Congress dismantles internet privacy rules
Broadband providers had balked and ramped up lobbying against the rules
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