EVM controversy in India
The post is written in honor of Sh. Hari Prasad, the winner of EFF Pioneer Award 2010
Cyber Security in India : Role of CERT-In
CERT-In is a low-profile (Indian) government organization. The Government of India established the Computer Emergency Response Team (“CERT-IN”) to ensure Internet security. Many institutions, including the Ministry of Home Affairs, courts, the intelligence services, the police, and the National Human […]
Understanding HTTPS warnings and error messages
If you have visited a HTTPS site and got an error message which you do not understand, then this article is for you. Here I cover the common errors encountered while browsing HTTPS sites.
A preliminary analysis of “Bom Sabado” orkut worm
So, today morning I received an email saying I received an Orkut scrap from a friend with contents “Bom Sabado”. Within a minute, I received the same scrap from another friend. Now getting the feeling that this must be some […]
Is HTTPS secure?
We all use HTTPS and vaguely understands it as a more secure form of communication. This article is aimed at better understanding of HTTPS and how secure it is.
BlackBerry Controversy in India
Indian Govt. has asked RIM (maker of the BlackBerry smartphone) to provide access to the data going through its servers for intelligence purposes and it appears that BlackBerry has accepted the demands. Due to the lack of understanding of encryption […]