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Internet Privacy

  • Data breach of 16 billion login credentials could risk Indian users

    Data breach of 16 billion login credentials could risk Indian users

    Damilare Dosunmu, Rest of World
    · Yesterday · 07:30 pm
  • Internet cookies – what they are and how they affect online privacy

    Internet cookies – what they are and how they affect online privacy

    Ahmed Ibrahim, The Conversation David Cook, The Conversation
    · May 25, 2025 · 10:00 pm
  • How a US law allows American intelligence agencies to spy on internet users across the world

    How a US law allows American intelligence agencies to spy on internet users across the world

    Gurshabad Grover Anunay Kulshrestha
    · Feb 19, 2024 · 09:00 am
  • Why several Indians are waging legal battles for ‘the right to be forgotten’

    Why several Indians are waging legal battles for ‘the right to be forgotten’

    Rina Chandran, Thomson Reuters Foundation
    · Mar 19, 2022 · 01:30 pm
  • What is privacy? It’s difficult to define – but we all know that we want it

    What is privacy? It’s difficult to define – but we all know that we want it

    Atanu Biswas
    · Apr 16, 2021 · 07:30 am
  • Indians are obsessed with online discount, even if it comes at the cost of privacy

    Indians are obsessed with online discount, even if it comes at the cost of privacy

    Ananya Bhattacharya, qz.com
    · Apr 04, 2021 · 01:30 pm
  • Instagram’s redesign shift toward shopping can be harmful to its users

    Instagram’s redesign shift toward shopping can be harmful to its users

    Nazanin Andalibi, The Conversation
    · Dec 31, 2020 · 09:30 pm
  • Watch: Tried FaceApp to see your older version? The app now owns your photo in perpetuity

    Watch: Tried FaceApp to see your older version? The app now owns your photo in perpetuity

    Scroll Staff
    · Jul 19, 2019 · 11:32 am
  • We need a ‘fine balance’ between internet privacy and national security needs, says Narendra Modi

    We need a ‘fine balance’ between internet privacy and national security needs, says Narendra Modi

    Scroll Staff
    · Nov 23, 2017 · 02:28 pm
  • WhatsApp in Kashmir: When Big Brother wants to go beyond watching you

    WhatsApp in Kashmir: When Big Brother wants to go beyond watching you

    Pranesh Prakash Vidushi Marda
    · Apr 28, 2016 · 08:00 am