Expert articles on digital privacy, data protection, and cybersecurity in India.
Ever wonder why your uncle's WhatsApp profile photo ended up on a scam account asking his friends for money? Half a billion Indians use this app daily, and I'd bet most haven't touched a single privacy setting.
Everyone tells you to check if your data's been leaked. I ignored that advice for three years -- until a loan showed up on my CIBIL report that I never applied for, traced back to a telecom breach I could've caught in five minutes.
Most VPN advice for Indian users ignores the one thing that changed everything -- CERT-In's 2022 logging directive. Here's what actually matters when picking a VPN now, and the ten services I'd consider.
I got tired of recycled Aadhaar safety tips that skip the parts that actually matter, so I wrote down everything I've learned from years of cleaning up identity theft messes in India.
So I was chatting with a friend about why his Aadhaar got misused, and it hit me -- most of us in India still don't get why our data matters until something goes wrong.
India's DPDP Act took over six years and four drafts to become law — here's what it actually says, who it hits hardest, and why most people I've talked to still don't know their rights under it.
