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This post was updated on October 01, 2024. tl;dr In recent years, there have been rising instances of facial recognition technologies and biometric scans being deployed by India’s union and state government agencies to record attendance. This technology is being deployed at public offices, hospitals, and schools without adequate checks or safeguards, endangering vulnerable data […]
tl;dr Digi Yatra Foundation, a private company that runs the opt-in facial recognition airport check-in service, reached out to IFF to invite us to a closed-door meeting with their CEO Mr. Suresh Khadakbhavi and the team. While we appreciate the invite for a private conversation and will be happy to engage (with some reservations), we […]
This post was updated on July 08, 2024. tl;dr One week, three significant data breaches. Two of Telangana police’s apps, namely HawkEye and TSCOP, as well as their SMS delivery service, were compromised and data belonging to police officers and citizens was leaked last week. In this post, we recount the events, explore why these […]