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Tech Commandments for a safer digital life - 5 principles to adhere to when using Internet

 

Tech Commandments for a safer digital life

 

* Technology has become a mammoth sized factor in our daily lives and to top it all , Technology is always on the change which means that one should always stay vigil of the changes happening around us as many perpetrators and miscreants are on the lookout for finding new ways to infiltrate into the loopholes that we set knowingly or unknowingly which leads them directly in hold of sensitive information which can lead to a big devastation if left unguarded and unprotected

 

* Some experts from leading security firms assert that one should always remember that any piece of our identity that we post online could eventually be used by fraudsters and hijackers / hackers to pervade into our online accounts for which one needs to keep oneself and connected members safe when online . These days bots ( trackers) can track any account and collect account information at any point of time

 

* Therefore in order to keep oneself on the guard and stay safe , some of the commandments that one needs to adhere to all the time are the following :

 

1) One should not overshare personal info

As many of us use high ended camera phones with very high or unlimited storage capacity , one gets into a clicking mode and becomes a self-proclaimed cameraman / photographer . But these days thanks to highly developed AI programs which can take even pictures as input parameters and retrieve all relevant information from the photo , one should stay vigil about the photos that one clicks , location , people in that photo , context and backdrop for that photo and several other factors before one gets into clicking mode to showcase one's photography skills

 

2) One should not use Weak and Easy to crack passwords

We all have a tendency to associate easy passwords which are small and easy to remember for all of our accounts as we normally want to skip ahead of all the mental work of recalling big and complex things whenever we want to get into our accounts .. be it social media accounts , bank accounts , insurance accounts

(and Swiss Bank Deposit accounts too .. ) . As mentioned , these days tracker bots can track all the gateways of access that an individual leaves upon their online pathways , so unrecognised and unregulated access into our trails can beonline pathways , so unrecognised and unregulated access into our trails can be

discovered by bots and provide the information to the collecting agency which is on the lookout of such paths which could be exploited . Many such agencies pass on these trail paths to hackers to peek into and steal out money / documents .. anything precious to them (remember .. "precious" of LOTR , one can turn into

Gollum for such "precious" things ) . Therefore , always make use of stronger and lengthier passwords which is one's somewhat safety check for stopping unwanted and malicious intrusion . Many people make use of password managers who make use of multiple accounts , but this is also vulnerable as these are stored in the form of either xml , json objects in the form of cookies which could be again collected from the browser plugins that one uses on a regular basis . Thats why , one should also try disconnecting from cookie storage from browser when one closes the session . And thus , the best thing to do is to note down all the important passwords over a piece of paper and keep them at a safe storage space .

 

 

3) One should use Multi-factor authentication or two-step verification

 

 

These days password comprehension can be done is so different forms by hackers that , if someone wants to any way hack into some account , then they will eventually get into the account and that too using several tools . Thats why most of the security experts recommend that one should make use of multifactor authentication (two-factor , three-factor etc) in order to access a given account which involves a user's verification before logging into account using a system of OTP over phone and authenticator apps that send temporary always changing codes that ensure that the user who is using the account is the real one and not a dummy or someone else

 

 

4) One should not share data about friends and Contacts

 

This comes as a completely new method of data siphoning which occurs when someone accepts any permissions to any app or software over the phone . This makes the app-owner a party to the shared information as requested by the app within the permission page of the application . Therefore, one thing that one needs to keep in mind is to keep a check over the permission page of the

applications that one installs .Best is .. one should try to limitise one's wants , keep few applications and software over one's phone and do not install those software that require a lot of permissions to be accepted before making use of the software .

 

5) One should always stay vigilant and skeptical

These days all the security experts accept the one rule of thumb for all security practices -- " Trust No One in this Greed Infested World" . Whenever you recieve any call ,message , email soliciting any personal information .. then do not trust any of message , email soliciting any personal information .. then do not trust any of the mails . This could be a phishing attack from someone who wants to profit out of undoubting people who out of trust and foolishness get entrapped in their untrustworthy traps , thereby losing security over their devices and mediums .Fraudsters nowadays can embed malware over legitimate looking emails within hyperlinks which once clicked could install unsuspecting software over your system all without anyone's coming to know of such a background activity running on your system . Therefore, whenever any suspicion occurs , always opt out of such apps , softwares , emails , anything (sigh ... wish I had known these earlier )

 

 

These days I personally feel .. the days of Nokia 1100 and Nokia 1600 , movies without real-looking CGI , games like Tetris and Mario were the best .

 

Fast Spreading Digital Adaptation in Emerging Nations and the associated "Theory of Everything" in the trade and commerce world - An article by Vivek Dash

 

Fast Spreading Digital Adaptation in Emerging Nations and the theory of Everything 

 

* Emerging economies have been struggling with growth through the 2010's and still the feeling of pessimism clouds over the present decade whether the steadfast growth trend could be seen to be going strong or whether the trend would be gauged down as it is being seen that People have accrued high amounts of debt during the ongoing pandemic which has become a detrimental factor to growth in not only emerging countries but also countries which are developed like USA , Russia , China , Japan , Germany , France , UK , Finland as questions over Growth tapping and keeping the same pace steady even during a pandemic period is of paramount importance to all

 * The answer to all the woes shrouding the question of development even during such cloudier and gloomy economic conditions, looming large and widespread is the harnessing of the Digital Revolution and Digital Adaptation. As most of the emerging nations have started adopting cutting edge technology at a much lower and lower cost which has allowed the countries to fuel domestic demand and overcome traditional obstacles to growth .

 * According to Reports , the number of smartphone users across the globe has skyrocketed from 150 million to 4 billion worldwide which approximates the total number of such people with a Smartphone device as nearly equals to or over half of the entire world's population . This has enabled most of the residents of the emerging world to access vital consumer and professional services over a phone which is no less than a computer in its kind and is much advanced than the personal computers which were there just a decade back .

 * According to reports from BCG - Boston Consulting Group , since 2014 more than 10,000 tech firms have been launched in emerging markets with half of them outside China

 * As per current trends and reports , India is having almost equal number of technology players as France and Germany and the number of such companies are growing much faster year on year .

* As per some key metrices and data collected by popular editorials , the onslaught and adaptation of digital revolution is much more in emerging economies than that of developed nations and has been growing at a much higher rate year on year .

 * Another report collected from some major editorials state that among the top 30 nations by revenue from digital services as share of GDP more than top 30 nations by revenue from digital services as share of GDP , more than half of them are in the emerging world . In such a scenario, it has emerged that Indonesia is much more advanced that countries such as Sweden and Finland which are Europe's most tech savvy nations

 * India ranks 12th in terms of digital revenues as a share of the economy

 * Since 2017 , digital revenue has grown in emerging countries at an annual pace of 26% compared to 11% in the developed nations

 * Led by e-commerce, the pace of growth in India has been even faster with revenues growing nearly 33% on year over year

* The European Centre for Digital Competitiveness scores G20 nations by the pace of progress in the digital ecosystem and "mindset" and thus puts four emerging nations in the top 5 category - Saudi Arabia , Indonesia , China and Argentina

 * The pressing question that has emerged from all this competitive talk is how have the developing nations adopted to digital technologies faster than the developed nations ? The widely acknowledged answer to such a question has come in the form of a simple answer that is Habit and tenacity. When some are wearing off and losing out on sheen as a result of their comfort seeking, some others rise who have the tenacity to struggle and get more resources for themselves as prize and with analogy it can be only reduced a cyclic process of growth and decay , decay and growth which applies to everyone be it person , society , principles , economies and even countries and continents .. and as well as the planet too (too much philosophy in an nutshell .... )

* The digital divide and access to information and services is narrowing down which used to be the key parameters upon which the developed nations had been brought up and this is trickling down to developing and under-developed nations too .

 * In the last decade alone , the number of internet users have doubled in the G20 nations which is astounding as a decade back access to internet was a distant dream for so many . (I first lay my hands upon internet services in the year 2008 , and the first time I got to own a computer was in the aftermath of 2003 ) . From that to this has been years marked with a boom in technological development which has been significantly very high in the last two decades alone compared to what the last century or any of the centuries ever saw in the history of the world .

 * Robustness of the governments to improve productivity by moving more and more services over to online format in order to make them more transparent and less vulnerable to corruption , which is one of the biggest deterrents / obstacles / vulnerabilities to corruption , which is one of the biggest deterrents / obstacles of doing business in the emerging world , which thereby creates a greater sense of trust and cooperation which in turn facilitates higher economic growth .

 * According to reports , the signle most factor for such kind of marked development to occur , the cost of starting or opening up business is a major driving factor which deters entrepreneurs from taking their feet out to start a business , innovation or self-sustained effort ; but since the cost of such factors has been in the decline in emerging or developing countries coupled with their in government support, guidance, motivation and cooperation such prospective entrepreneurs get a guided push for starting up as they can start their businesses and tools on their own and affordably , which these days could be just monitored and controlled within the grasp of their palms over a smartphone with internet .

 

* But as economies start evolving and growing, chances may arise that the things which catapulted such growth coupled with the rise of globalisation and access to great quality products from around the globe through way-to-go retail apps would slowly and slowly come down again and perhaps this could be a smaller miniscule side-effect of indigenisation which is again a cyclic effect which takes into factor indigenisation and globalisation which would also go all the time (You see ... one has to always keep in mind the cyclic effect of all things to understand all concepts of science , arts , culture , trade , war and even peace ... which encompasses the all round "theory of everything" )

 

 

Govt fast-tracks nod for vaccine procurement from other countries on emergency basis

 

Govt fast-tracks nod for vaccine

 

* Vaccines authorised by World health Organisation or Vaccine Regulators in US ,Europe , UK and Japan would be granted an emergency use approval in India mandating requirement of post-approval parallel bridging clinical trials

 

* First 100 beneficiaries of such vaccines shall be kept for assessment for 7 daysfor safety outcomes before they are rolled out across the entire country as per reports in the leading newspapers in India

 

* Among the healthcare giants , one of the largest drug manufacturing organisation Pfizer has a production capacity of 2.5 billion doses per annum and almost 1.6 billion confirmed dose purchases . From this one can confer that India has 900 million doses that India could tap into for procurement.

 

* Moderna and Johnson&Johnson , two of the largest drug manufacturers and retailers have also bid in equal terms for the same and in the process have taken in more orders than what could be produced

 

* On 12th April , Govt of India also granted permission permission for restricted emergency use of Russian vaccine Sputnik V

 

* The aforementioned regulatory approvals are intended to increase the availability of the jabs amidst a steep second wave of the infection .

 

* The vaccines can be imported in a ready- to use vial cylinder bottles or in the form of fill and use form