Category Archives: law

Paypal , Indian regulations and restrictions, April 2010

Many Indian personal and premier Paypal account holders appear to have received the following email: In compliance with Indian regulations, if you are selling products and services to customers globally, please review the following important information: • Any proceeds or … Continue reading

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Torrents and free downloads

As some one who does not use the internet for downloading movies and songs, bit torrent and desi torrent were a great mystery to me .   This article on  Torrents and Free Downloads  explains how it works and why it … Continue reading

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Beneath the gloss and hype

Beneath the gloss and hype of press releases in the mainstream media, is the real culture of a company – whether the company is really the law abiding corporate citizen it claims it is. Only when you deal with the … Continue reading

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Look poor, keep a low profile

http://beta.thehindu.com/news/international/article102659.ece Victorian police chief Simon Overland has advised Indian students in Australia to keep a low profile and “try to look as poor as you can” There are several advantages of looking poor Fewer people are jealous,  so less attacks … Continue reading

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Dangers of mobile banking

Many internet “experts” talk about  mobile internet and banking, but the security of these systems is suspect. Rs 86000 stolen from ICICI bank account through mobile banking. From:http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/ArticleImage.aspx?article=12_12_2009_001_029&mode=1 Mobile phones are not secure, I have received strange SMSes from JustDial … Continue reading

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Personal information for sale

From http://cryptome.org/isp-spy/yahoo-spy.pdf Federal law (See 18 U.S.C. § 2706) requires law enforcement to reimburse providers like Yahoo! for costs incurred responding to subpoena requests, court orders, or search warrants. • Basic subscriber records: approx. $20 for the first ID, $10 … Continue reading

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RTI act

Over the last week, I have realized how much freedom of speech you have in India and how much better most large Indian companies are compared to certain foreign organizations in so called democracies. Even if Rs 3 is wrongly … Continue reading

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Data interception and email

Online shopping is relatively safe since most ecommerce stores use a secure (https:// ) connection .   Most people use email for personal correspondence , sending jokes and other trivial information, so  email security  solutions are not easily available.  But if … Continue reading

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Controlling mainstream media

Interesting article on how the mainstream media is controlled  -  Operation Mockingbird http://www.kidmercuryblog.com/t1659/ Many of the influential bloggers and media persons are not as independent as most people think, they are controlled using various methods.

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Income tax Efiling

File your income tax returns online https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/portal/index.do If you do not have a digital certificate, you have to take a printout and send it by ordinary post and hope it reaches in time.   In a year, the process  should be … Continue reading

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