Privacy Archives

Can Google Duplex Help Me with My Break Up?

When I heard of Google Duplex, I went into overdrive thinking of all the things I’d never have to do again if Duplex could stay on the down-low. Customer care executives, annoying relatives, and break ups were all things from which I’d be forever freed.

Kahini Iyer July 1, 2016

POV

Why Is It Never The Man’s Fault?

A professor was forced to resign in Kolkata, for images she put up of herself on her social media. For some inane reason this non-imposition has been deemed her fault.

Purba Ray June 13, 2016

Gender

Why Do Men Spread Their Legs and Women Cross Theirs?

In India, years of conditioning demand women to be submissive and almost invisible in public, while boys are rarely made conscious of their bodies. As a result, young boys grow up to become adults who don’t think twice before taking up extra space even at the cost of someone else’s inconvenience.

Amrita Paul May 26, 2016

Technology

Aadhaar Verdict: Time to Worry About the Ghosts of Your Data Past

The Supreme Court’s Aadhaar verdict has maintained that the database’s benefits outweigh its risks. But do they? Data is the new plutonium, a simple target that unlike our land and water, stands at a crossroads of accessibility, where it is both an asset and a threat.

Manik Sharma May 24, 2016

Pop Culture

Can You Watch “The Great Hack” Without Worrying About How Netflix Controls Your Data?

How do you grapple with the irony that Netflix, a streaming platform that has acquired The Great Hack, a chilling documentary that profiles the invasion of privacy carried out during the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica Scandal, is itself guilty of controlling massive amounts of data about us?

Sindhuri Nandhakumar May 12, 2016