Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s victory over the Mail is a triumph for the couple. It is, of course, not easy to spend one’s life in the public eye, constantly scrutinised by the British media […]
WhatsApp-Facebook integration: towards monopolisation of information
“The change in WhatsApp’s privacy policy now is in itself not a mammoth event. But, put that in context with the integration measures that have already been initiated and Facebook’s future plan with these apps, and it becomes seriously dangerous.” Manasa Narayanan reports.
Cryptocurrencies: A Year in Review and What the Future Has in Store
As has become the norm in its recent history, the cryptocurrency industry has once again failed to stop generating headlines in 2019. From the meteoric price growth that defined the first two quarters of 2019, […]
Invasion of the Data Snatchers
Data privacy: a concern so ubiquitous that it’s begun to feel like a load of white noise. Hardly a day seems to go by without a Cambridge Analytica; some impenetrable scandal where people we’ve never […]
National Security or Secure Privacy?
Battles between Microsoft and the U.S. department of Justice are no stranger to headlines. And the latest spat between the two over accessing customer emails is also not a new debate. On the one side, […]
National Security or Secure Privacy?
Battles between Microsoft and the U.S. department of Justice are no stranger to headlines. On the one side, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella claims that eroding customer trust due to confusing data privacy laws can spell […]
Ask Not What Apple Can Do For Their Country
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, wrote a letter to Apple customers last week. Posted on the company’s website, the tech boss explained that the company would not honour a request made by the FBI to […]
The Listening TV: The tables have turned
Talking to a newly installed TV at home is a recent experience of mine. As a family, we were taking it in turns to ‘get to know’ the device through voice activation. After my several […]