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...the claim that WhatsApp encryption can remain unchanged and adding originator information without breaking encryption into the message is possible is unsupported by the protocol design.

The proposal by Prof. Kamakoti also contains other elementary errors. It assumes that encryption and decryption of messages are done only via public key cryptography which was invented in 1976. But as the discussion above illustrates the signal protocol used by WhatsApp is much more modern, uses a combination of symmetric and public key cryptography and also the double ratchet which continuously discards encryption keys after single use.

Commenting on developing the drones, Siddhant Nikumbh (19), leader of Team Dronebolt, said: “All the errors were the best teachers.”

Joining him in the project were Ashwin Kotgire (19), Japjyot Gulati (20), Mohit Arora (19), Pallavi Dadape (19), and Prajakta Lanje (19), students of IT engineering at Pune Institute of Computer Technology.

WhatsApp can trace the origin of messages on its encrypted platform by embedding the first sender's information alongside content, according to a report submitted to the Madras High Court.

On July 31, V Kamakoti a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, proposed two options that could be adopted by the US platform. In the first, it could embed information in an open and visible format; in the second, this would be encrypted, said the report.

Ways to Prevent UPI Payment Scam:

• Download the original UPI apps, check before using/registering on them
• Don’t allow people to access your mobile/laptop through remote sharing apps like AnyDesk to unknown person
• Be careful of the ‘Pay’ and ‘Receive’ money sign on UPI apps like Google Pay
• Do not share confidential PIN number with callers claiming to be from the bank or Paytm
• Keep changing bank account password, and use special character while creating it

In a nightmare for thousands of Truecaller users in India, a so-called bug automatically created their Unified Payments Interface (UPI) accounts with the ICICI Bank without their consent, triggering panic and hacking fears.

India has had 65 reported internet shutdowns in 2019 so far, and 337 reported internet shutdowns since January 2012. In July 2019, there were 6 instances of internet shutdowns reported in India, according to SFLC’s internet shutdown tracker.

"On the issue of traceability, I have conveyed to them that traceability shall be their job," Minister of Electronics and IT Ravi Shankar Prasad said in an interaction with the media after meeting with WhatsApp’s global head Will Cathcart on July 26 to discuss issues of traceability, appointment of an India-specific grievance officer, and digital payments.

Called the “Banning of Cryptocurrency & Regulation of Official Digital Currency Bill, 2019” (see below), the bill states that “cryptocurrency shall not be used as legal tender or currency at any place in India”. It also makes promotion, advertising, Andy abetment in participation of use of cryptocurrency punishable with a fine, or prison term of upto 7 years.

in 2019 Google expects high ranking websites to load fast and have a 'time to first byte' of less than 800 milliseconds. You are wasting your money paying SEO experts to optimize your content if your web server is unable to respond within 800 milliseconds. Calport offers one of the fastest web hosting services in India with a TTBF of less than 800 ms for people who are accessing the website from within India.

Calport has yet again developed a portal mandated by the Supreme Court of India. The portal at https://employees.amicusunitech.in will enable former employees of Unitech to register their claims by registering on the portal, uploading ID proof and submitting amounts under various heads. The portal is administered by Supreme Court lawyer Aneesh Mittal and amicus curiae Pawanshree Agrawal.