Krishna P Bhandari
Krishna P Bhandari
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Dark web is the underworld of cyberspace
Dark web is the underworld of cyberspace
In January 2020, several European news outlets, including The Daily Telegraph, reported that a famous set of antique jewellery were offered for ransom on the dark web. The diamond studded pieces worth almost a billion dollars were looted from a museum in Dresden in 2019. It was reported that Israeli...
Jun 07, 2020
OPINION
How do we secure our data while living in a glass house?
How do we secure our data while living in a glass house?
The scenarios are examples of measures to protect important information. Whether that information is in the form of spoken word, a document or other important item, the degree of precaution and the level of security measure used depends upon the importance of the concerned item. The challenge to ens...
May 08, 2020
OPINION
Beware of fake news
Beware of fake news
When I was a college student in the early 1990s, the daily bus ride was fun and oftentimes a curious event. Among the regular beggars, singers and pickpockets encountered in the buses and bus terminals were the hawkers for newspapers, cheap magazines, and booklets. They would mix the names and surna...
Apr 22, 2020
OPINION
Fatal Digital Addiction
Fatal Digital Addiction
In a 2018 paper published by International Society for Neurofeedback Research (ISNR), Erik Pepers and Richard Harvey have described various symptoms of digital addiction in a sample of undergraduate students. Identified based on the self-declaration based data of the students, the symptoms include i...
Mar 17, 2020
OPINION
Should we be worried about AI?
Should we be worried about AI?
On January 2, the BBC reported about a study regarding the use of artificial intelligence in making medical diagnosis. The tests carried out during the study showed that the AI based computer system outperformed human doctors in diagnosing breast cancer. The computer algorithm outperformed radiologi...
Feb 22, 2020