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I've been thinking about who gets left out when we design privacy tools and consent systems. On World Down Syndrome Day, that question feels more pressing than usual.

You don't need to spend money to take back your privacy. Every tool on this list is free, open source, and works in India. Most of them take less than ten minutes to set up.

Someone asked me last week: 'Can a virus actually steal money from my phone?' The short answer is yes. Banking trojans designed specifically for Indian UPI and banking apps are more common than most people realise.

Your smart speaker is always listening. Your Wi-Fi camera is phoning home to servers you've never heard of. Indian households are filling up with connected gadgets and barely anyone's asking what data leaves the house.

Eighty-three percent of Indians reuse the same password across multiple accounts. Here are real-world methods for building strong, memorable passwords without losing your mind.

Most Indian SMEs will get hit by ransomware not because of some sophisticated zero-day attack, but because of weak passwords and unpatched systems. Here's the conversational, practical guide to not being that business.

India's cyber insurance market wants you to believe it's mature. It's not. Here's a dry-eyed look at what these policies actually cover, what they exclude, and why you'll probably still need one anyway.

Ever wonder how much your Android phone tells Google about you before you've even opened an app? Probably more than you'd be comfortable with. Here's how to set up your phone so it stops oversharing.

A colleague lost Rs 4.7 lakh to a single phishing email that looked exactly like an SBI alert. Here's how to spot the fakes, lock down your inbox, and make sure you're not the next easy target.

Your boss might be watching your screen right now. No, really. Since the work-from-home boom, Indian companies have quietly installed keystroke loggers, screenshot tools, and GPS trackers on employee devices. The law on whether any of this is legal? It's a mess.

India slaps a flat 30% tax on crypto gains with zero deductions, while exchanges hand over your KYC data on request. Here's a Q&A breakdown of what crypto privacy actually looks like in this country, where the tax math stands, and what you can (and can't) do about it.

-- 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.

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.

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.

Your DigiLocker holds driving licences, Aadhaar, marksheets, and insurance papers all in one place. If someone breaks in, they don't just steal files -- they steal your identity. Here's how to lock it down before that happens.

The Information Technology Act 2000 is the foundational cyber law in India. Learn about its key provisions, amendments, and how they impact your digital privacy.

Your browser is the gateway to the internet, and it can leak enormous amounts of personal data. Explore the best privacy-focused browsers available for Indian users.

Most online banking security advice is useless. Here's what actually happens when Indian bank customers get defrauded, what the attacks really look like, and the specific steps that would have prevented each one. Including the RBI rule that could save you lakhs if you act within 3 days.

Your neighbor might be on your Wi-Fi right now. Default passwords, outdated encryption, and forgotten settings leave most Indian home networks wide open. Here's how to actually lock yours down.

That six-digit code your bank texts you? It travels through a telecom system built in the 1970s. SIM swaps, SS7 holes, and plain old trickery make SMS OTP a shaky second factor -- here is what actually works better.

Over 1.8 billion records belonging to Indian citizens were exposed between 2018 and 2025. Here's a year-by-year breakdown of the biggest data breaches, what went wrong each time, and what ordinary people can actually do about it.

So you think Gmail's free because Google is generous? That inbox gets scanned, profiled, and monetized. Here's what actually changes when you move to encrypted email -- and how to do it without losing your mind.

Most password advice floating around Indian tech circles is recycled nonsense. Here's what actually works when you've got 80+ accounts, UPI apps, and Aadhaar-linked services to protect -- tested and priced for India.

India slashed its breach reporting window from 24 hours to 6. That's just one piece of the 2026 cybersecurity guidelines -- quarterly CII audits, AI governance rules, and a tiered compliance system round out the rest.

Fourteen billion UPI transactions a month and people are still entering their PIN to 'receive' money. Here's what nobody bothers to explain about collect request scams, fake helplines, QR code tricks, and SIM swaps — plus what actually works when you've already been hit.

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.

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.