Expert articles on digital privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity in India.
Dating apps promise connection, but they collect some of the most intimate data you'll ever hand over — your location at 2 AM, your photo library, your desires. In a country where a leaked profile can wreck a reputation overnight, here's what Indian users should actually worry about.
You probably spent 70,000 rupees or more on that iPhone. Yet most Indian users haven't touched half the privacy settings buried inside iOS. Here's a no-nonsense walkthrough of every toggle that matters, from App Tracking Transparency to Lockdown Mode.
A single tap on a fake payment link cost a Chennai shopkeeper his entire month's earnings. UPI phishing scams are bleeding Indian wallets dry through bogus SMS blasts, spoofed Google Ads, and WhatsApp traps. Here's how to spot them before your money vanishes.
-- so you're telling me the government installed 15,000 cameras in my city, connected them to a centralized command center, and nobody asked whether residents were okay with being watched 24/7? Yeah. That's basically the situation in most of India's 100 smart cities.
People keep saying the DPDPA will let you ask what data the government holds on you. I disagree. The RTI Act has been doing that since 2005, for ten rupees, and most people haven't thought to try it.
Only 38% of Indian internet users could identify a phishing email in a recent nationwide survey. On Safer Internet Day 2026, that number should trouble us all -- and it should also tell us exactly where to start.
Most Indian startups are already violating the DPDPA and don't even know it. The consent banners are wrong, the data maps don't exist, and the clock is ticking toward penalties that could shut a company down.
A Pune man lost Rs 16 lakh in 47 minutes. His phone just stopped working. That's how SIM swap fraud begins -- silent, fast, and devastating. Here's what happened, and what you should know before it happens to you.
Someone recently asked me: 'WhatsApp says my messages are encrypted. Does that mean nobody can read them? Not even WhatsApp?' The answer is surprisingly interesting, and it affects every single message you send.
