Monday, July 30, 2018

TRAI Chairman Rs sharma twitter Issue:



The Twitter battle over Aadhaar which intensified after Telecom Regulatory Authority of India chairman RS Sharma publically challenged to “do any harm” to him has now roped in PM Narendra Modi. The French security researcher which goes by the moniker Elliot Alderson challenged Modi to disclose his Aadhaar number as well.
“Hi @narendramodi, Can you publish your #Aadhaar number (if you have one)?” Alderson wrote on Twitter.

The tweet generated a flurry of responses.
A full-blown war
TRAI chief who earlier headed the UIDAI, the parent body of Aadhaar, challenged people on Twitter: Show me one concrete example where you can do any harm to me! He included his 12-digit Aadhaar number in the tweet.
The tweet resulted in his personal information which included his address, mobile number, bank account number, PAN, profile picture, date of birth, etc. being posted on Twitter.
RS Sharma, unimpressed, said, “Let the challenge run for some time.”
"Data privacy is a big and very important issue in a digital world. I am one of the most vociferous supporters of that. However, the only thing I am saying is that Aadhaar does not violate privacy," Sharma tweeted on Sunday.
The UIDAI asserted the personal details of TRAI chief R S Sharma being put out on Twitter are not from the Aadhaar database or its servers, and that "so-called hacked information" is easily available with a simple search on Google and other sites, without using the 12-digit unique identity number.

Finally youtube enable its dark mode to android users:


In March, YouTube revealed that it was releasing a dark mode for its mobile apps, starting with its ios version. Now, Android users are beginning to get the feature on their apps.
YouTube added a dark mode to its desktop site last year, and the company says that it became one of the most requested features for its apps. 9to5Google reports that the feature began rolling out yesterday, notifying users with a prompt. It also says that it can be turned on and off in the app’s settings.

Sunday, July 29, 2018

Shadow Banning:

What is shadow banning?

Shadow banning isn't a new concept; it's frequently used in forums and on other social networks as an alternative to banning someone outright.
Instead of kicking someone off, shadow bans make a person's post visible only to the user who created it. The idea is to protect others from harmful content while eventually prompting the shadow-banned user to voluntarily leave the forum due to a lack of engagement.
If you outright ban a user, the thinking goes, the person is aware of it and will likely just set up another account and continue the offending behavior.
Shadow banning was Reddit's only form of banning for years and was used by the site until November 2015.
The practice is similar to what Facebook does with misinformation. The social network told reporters on July 11 that instead of completely banning pages behind hoaxes and misinformation, it would rather demote their posts so fewer people see them.
Shadow banning is typically used to stop bots and trolls, said Zack Allen, director of threat operations at ZeroFox, a company that focuses on social media security. 
"This can be effective in combating bots where 'bot herders' who maintain these accounts don't necessarily know whether or not their bots are actually being seen by other people," he said.