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A few days ago, Ashish from Lokmat Videos posted a message on X about the hacking of his WhatsApp account. He also warned people not to respond to any message from his WhatsApp account requesting money. After checking the details he had shared, I found that the fraudsters had used a very simple...

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This app allows you to lock / unlock your USB (Universal Serial Bus) drives. If you have USB drives with photos, audios, videos, etc, and would like to lock them with a password, this app is for you. Once the drive is locked, nobody can access your files without unlocking it by entering the...

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Everything was going smoothly in the world of artificial intelligence (AI), with established players making small bits of progress every day. AI models were being developed or integrated by device-makers and service-providers and a growing number of end-users (especially smartphone users) were...

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When you give away your personal email online, there is a good chance that your email address would end up with a spammer or a hacker. SimpleLogin acts as a firewall to protect your personal email inbox.   SimpleLogin is an open source solution, to protect your email inbox. It allows you to...

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Ratna Singh (Bar  and   Bench) 28 January 2025
A commercial court in Gurugram recently awarded Microsoft Rs55 lakh in damages after a company, Retnec Solutions Pvt Ltd was found guilty of trademark infringement and running fraudulent call-centre operations using Microsoft's trademarks, including 'HOTMAIL', 'OUTLOOK', and 'OFFICE...

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There is a new clipping going viral on social media about a Bengaluru techie losing Rs2.8 crore after using a mobile phone he 'won in a lottery' (he did not even participate in the lottery!). From the complaint that he filed with the police, it appears to be a case of specific pre-installed...

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Moneylife Digital Team 23 January 2025
The central consumer protection authority (CCPA) of India has issued a notice to Apple Inc following numerous consumer complaints about performance issues with iPhones after the iOS 18 software update.    In a post on X, Union minister for consumer affairs Pralhad Joshi says, "After receiving...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 23 January 2025
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) today upheld the part of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) order that said that WhatsApp users have an option to opt out of data sharing under the messaging platform's 2021 privacy policy.   A coram of Chairperson Justice Ashok...

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While dealing with any sudden incident, almost all government authorities in India come up with knee-jerk reactions. Most of the time, their response is not just vague but provides no solution to the incident or issue. Take, for example, the ban on some Chinese apps to 'teach' a lesson to that...

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This is a QR code generating site. You can generate a QR code in less than 30 seconds, for free. You can create a QR code for your website URL, social media, app download, WiFi login, business cards and much more.   The beauty of this site is its simplicity. QR codes for a variety of purposes...

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Security services-provider Avast decided to make unavailable its virtual private network (VPN) services from India affecting several users, following a mandate issued by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) on customer data collection and storage by service-providers.    In a...

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Yet another con was successfully executed by fraudsters in the name of quick and bumper returns through investment in the jewellery business. This is the story of the Torres, a scam that rocked Mumbai this week and was run through a firm called Platinum Hern Pvt Ltd. Torres offered 6% to 11%...

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Have you ever typed something and then accidentally erased it? Written down something important and couldn't find it again? App crashed and lost everything you wrote? With your own Type Machine, that's no problem.   Type Machine saves everything you type in every app. Open it at any time to...

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Moneylife Digital Team 06 January 2025
Expressing concern over the insufficient provisions of Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025 (DPDP Rules) with several points of contention, the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF) says the DPDP Rules are 'too little, too vague and too late'. Last week, the Union ministry of electronics...

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Adv (Dr) Prashant Mali 06 January 2025
The recently proposed Rule 10 of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025, while aiming to safeguard children's privacy, raises significant concerns about the potential unintended consequences for marginalised communities. This rule mandates that verifiable parental consent be...

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Ravichandran Swaminathan 06 January 2025
The thrill of a new SIM card quickly turned into a chilling experience for Praveen Kumar. Like any tech-savvy individual, Mr Kumar was thrilled to add a secondary mobile connection to his repertoire. Little did he know this decision would unravel a startling flaw in a widely-used...

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Moneylife Digital Team 04 January 2025
The Draft Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Rules, 2025, introduced by the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY), marks a crucial step in shaping India’s data governance framework. These Rules operationalise the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, and aim to...

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Adam Griffin from Seattle in the US is still in disbelief over how quickly he was robbed of nearly US$500,000 in cryptocurrencies. A scammer called him using a real Google phone number to warn his Gmail account was being hacked, sent email security alerts directly from google.com and ultimately...

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We often oversleep even after our alarm goes off. The snooze button is so valuable—we keep snoozing the alarm and never wake up. Or we may just disable the alarm for those precious 10 minutes more!   The QRAlarm is the perfect solution for this. Once set, the alarm can be disabled only when...

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If there is one area where the government and its regulators cannot be faulted, it is their tireless effort to warn citizens about cybercrime and fraud. All regulators, banks, stock exchanges, depositories, financial intermediaries and telecom companies are now mandated to warn people about...

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