Daily Archives: January 17, 2013
Aaron Swartz is a victim of Bad application of law
Aaron Swartz, the young techie who committed suicide on the 11th of Januaru represents a tragedy that could have been prevented if the Police had been more reasonable. Swartz was deeply involved in the campaign against “Stop Online Piracy Act” … Continue reading
Need for Netizen’s Forum
It is being increasingly observed in India that the Cyber Law space is in need of a major overhaul. Cyber Crimes are increasing and the Government machinery as well as the Police are acting dangerously showing apathy for genuine victims … Continue reading
Domain Registrars under threat of arrest across India
Across India a wave of fear is spreading amongst Domain Name registrars that they may be arrested by the local police. The fear psychosis has been created by the news item that in Noida, Police have arrested the domain registrar … Continue reading
59% growth in Phishing
According to the estimate of RSA, the total number of phishing attacks in 2012 were around 445,004. This was up 59% from the previous year’s number of 279,580 and estiamted to have created a loss of around US$ 1.5 billion … Continue reading