AamJanata – Intellectual Anarchy!

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What is this address we are supposed to report black money to?

This post has been updated to take out some points that were misunderstood by me and have been clarified and another issue which appears to be resolved. Okay, I'm spooked. I don't understand this enough to even claim something is wrong. This is the most bizarre "email situation" I have ever seen....

Vidyut
3 years ago

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5 things that tell you “Legion” hackers are yet another BJP front

So a few days ago,anonymous hackers calling themselves "Legion" hacked Rahul Gandhi's Twitter account and made profane tweets from it. Anonymous legion hackers then compromised the official Congress handle and other accounts, all of them with official inc.in email IDs. Yesterday, the anonymous ha...

Vidyut
3 years ago

Illustration of how a file or document is sent using Public key encryption by Johannes Landin

DEITY National Encryption Policy is as good as forbidding encryption

First of all, what is National Encryption Policy? “Under Section 84A of Information Technology Act, 2000 Rules are to be framed to prescribe modes or methods for encryption”. So DeitY has framed a draft of such rules which will decide the future of how encrypted services are to be used or provide...

Vidyut
4 years ago

Travellers surprised by sudden rain

An overdue conversation with rain

Was drizzling when I woke up. Rain had arrived like a wayward teenager slinking home in the early hours of morning, greeting the day with "What? I was right here!" "What? I wasn't up to anything!" ~ rain. "Exactly." ~ @Vidyut "If you're going to be snarky, I'm going." "Where?" "Out" "You're alrea...

Vidyut
4 years ago

Net Neutrality for India

Net Neutrality is important. Pay attention here #NetNeutrality

This post explains Net neutrality and the challenge facing it in India for all of you who can't exactly figure out what is going on. This is not intended to be comprehensive, but it gives you the bare bones of the issue and ideas on how to find out more to form your own opinion. Net Neutrality is...

Vidyut
4 years ago

The Diaspora Yatra

Zuck: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard Just ask. I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS† Friend: What? How'd you manage that one? Zuck: People just submitted it. I don't know why. They "trust me" Dumb *ucks. The Zuck in the above conversation is Mark Zuckerberg. A...

Vidyut
5 years ago

U.S. Central Command @CENTCOM Twitter hacked

ISIS hacks CENTCOM Twitter and Youtube accounts

The Twitter and Youtube accounts of CENTCOM (Central Command) appear to be hacked and are posting pro ISIS content, threats as well as what appears to be detailed information for officers. The account claims to have breached computers in all military bases. The account is currently suspended.. Ot...

Vidyut
5 years ago

Poster threatening Christians dropped off at prayer house in Bangalore

RSS’s Christianity Samasya?

When a woman tweeted the image of a pamphlet allegedly issued by the RSS, dropped at the Shekinah prayer house in Bangalore, she was trolled to the point she got scared. This is the poster. Further details verified will be updated here. The poster stays up because there was an organized attack to...

Vidyut
5 years ago

godavar on Twitter May you survive 2015 without being brainwashed, violated, forcibly converted or reconverted, victimized, etc

Beginning a new year 2015

This blog has been mostly silent since the Lok Sabha Election defeat in May with a few occasional tweets. When I say defeat, I speak of the defeat of democracy. It may seem like an extreme opinion to many, but I did not see the methods of the party that won as respectful of either democracy or ru...

Vidyut
5 years ago