The Right to be left alone – Can the internet catch up?

Imagine a scenario where you create a personal webpage, control access to the content of this page by issuing account names and passwords to co-workers who would e-mail you for requesting access, and post critical comments about your employer. Your superiors at work gain access to it by using the credentials you provided to a co-worker, and as a result of him seeing your posts on that page, you are fired.  These are facts of an actual case[1],...

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SFZ - SMOKE FREE ZONE

A few weeks back, one night I felt sudden craving for a cigarette, so I got out to a nearby shop to buy one. The first shop had no cigarette!! No problem, IIT is full of canteens that sell it. I went on to next destination and then to another one only to find that no one is selling it. ‘This can’t be coincidence’ I thought. I asked to the shopkeeper, why all shops are out of cigarettes today? Who has bought it all? ‘IIT Director’s...

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