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“We hold these
truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal” – and equality is
evident at birth alone. With growth, we grow with the notion that justice is
not the same as equality. One should not confuse
entitlement with rights. Your CEO is entitled to park the car in the reserved
slot while in your position you can’t park. Simple. Should you want to park,
the only way is to become the CEO! “The promise of equality is not the same as
true equality” as quoted by Sheryl Sandburg. All men are born equal and let’s
draw a line there please for thenceforth you have to prove your worth. Wait a
minute! Does the law state ‘no man is above law and no man is below’? Ah!
That’s justice and its blind to the person – be it commoner or millionaire.
Alright, so where are we heading?
Tow links arrested my attention
There are much talk of e-governance and mobile
governance and yet the nation witnessed unprecedented internet shut down
to counter the crisis that came out of nowhere and though not a knee-jerk reach
but counter action as so to control domestic disturbance. It was warranted. But shutting IT won’t
paralyze small industries, affect the common man and business community that are heavily dependent on internet? If
it can happen in a neighbouring state, what’s the assurance that the recurrence
won’t be in the state occupied.
We have identified space and technology and
with that we also are combating cyber wars. The digital age has transformed in many dimensions that were far beyond imagination years when we studies in black board classroom as compared to the modern day smart board. for
sure, and that too unimaginable a decade before. Why can the same technology
put in use to pull out defence mechanism instead of pulling down the shutters.
Where is the right to information and can the privacy of information insulated
from infringement? We are not talking about friendly fire but hostile
attacks. What exactly is NASA snooping about? http://time.com/2945037/nsa-surveillance-193-countries/
Big Brother attitude? And is that legal. Many countries have
cried foul and the European union isn't amused in the breach of trust by
the most powerful nation of the world?
“Four countries that had signed a no-spying
agreement with the U.S. — Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand — were
declared off-limits by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the Washington Post reports, but the court
approved a list of 193 countries where the NSA could
legally conduct surveillance.” – time magazine
extract.
Back in our land, a press release that was
later retracted imposed that data to be kept alive for a certain duration by
the user and the provider, and as a reprieve the user was unsaddled but held
the platform accountable – incredulously in this digital age?! [refer the link above]
France cautions a social
network not to publish but expunge /erase details at the request of their
citizen not only in their country alone but worldwide. The surprised and
shocked social media company took up the case against the worldwide ban in the international
court and the verdict so far for them is vexing. Now imagine if every citizen
stands up in the arms with similar demand wonder what would be the fate of the
‘major power’ in social media.
This article was deeply influenced by https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/india-heading-nsa-way-rishabh-mehta and our fear about the freedom expression and clampdown of critical
infrastructures with catastrophic consequences highlighted. Our callousness for
inaction till the situation becomes endemic or pandemic is a known problem.
Hope this will be an eye-opener.
iCert Global' business is heavily reliant on the internet
as we are a Globally Trusted Education provider connecting the nook and corner of the globe. So a day of internet shut down
will affect out bottom-line and persistent recurrence can adversely impact our
livelihood.
Your highly respected opinions please….
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