How To Block Facebook, WhatsApp When Needed? Centre Asks For Views

Last month, the government had expressed dissatisfaction over measures previously listed by WhatsApp for checking fake news that have, in several cases, triggered mob violence

              

The telecom department has sought views of the industry on technical measures that can be adopted for blocking mobile apps like instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Telegram, etc in situations where national security and public order are under threat.

The Department of Telecom (DoT) on July 18, 2018, had written to all telecom operators, the Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI), industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and others and asked for their inputs to block the applications under Section 69A of the IT Act.

"DoT in the letter had said that the Ministry of Electronics and IT and law enforcement agencies have raised issue around blocking of certain mobile apps like Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, Telecom, etc to meet requirement under Section 69A of IT Act," an official source told PTI

The Section 69A of IT Act talks about power to issue directions for blocking for public access to any information through any computer resource.

The law authorises the central government or any officer authorised by it to issue direction to block the information on Internet in the interest of sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of the state, friendly relations with foreign states or public order or for preventing incitement to the commission of any cognisable offence relating to them.

Recently, there have been widespread incidents of mob lynching in the country based on rumours spread through social media apps. The popular messaging app, WhatsApp, has been in the eye of storm over abuse of its platform for circulation of fake news that resulted in incitement of mob fury.

An IT ministry official, who did not wish to be named, said, WhatsApp has not committed itself on "traceability" and attribution of messages, which had been one of the key demands of the government.

Hence, the ministry's concerns have not been addressed and the potential for misuse still remains, the source said.

Last month, the government had expressed dissatisfaction over measures previously listed by WhatsApp for checking fake news that have, in several cases, triggered mob violence.

The IT ministry, in its missive, had said that WhatsApp cannot escape from its responsibility for such rampant abuse of its platform and needed to find originators of provocative messages.

The government, in its second notice to the Facebook-owned messaging service, had warned that in the absence of adequate checks, it will treat the messaging platform as 'abettor' of rumour propagation and legal consequences will follow.

WhatsApp told the government it is building a local team, including India head, as part of steps to check fake news circulation.

The mobile messaging platform also said that attributing messages on WhatsApp would undermine the private nature of WhatsApp and create the potential for serious misuse. It added that the focus of the firm is on improving its platform and working closely with others in society to help keep people safe.

Momo challenge game

Momo challenge game as same as bluewhele game

दो साल पहले ब्लू वेल चैलेंज की वजह से दुनियाभर के मां-बाप दहशत में थे। रूस से शुरू हुए इस खूनी खेल की वजह से सैकड़ों बच्चों की जान चली गई थी। अब उसी तर्ज पर एक और खेल सोशल मीडिया पर अपने पांव पसार रहा है। नाम है मोमो व्हॉट्सऐप चैलेंज। यह एक सुसाइड गेम है।



क्या है मोमो चैलेंज?
व्हाट्सऐप पर एक नंबर वायरल हो रहा है। इस नंबर की प्रोफाइल फोटो में एक भयानक शक्ल वाली लड़की नजर आ रही है और इसने अपना नाम मोमो रखा है। सबसे पहले इसे फेसबुक पर देखा गया। अजीब सी शक्ल की वजह से कुछ लोग इसके प्रति आकर्षित हुए और उसे कॉन्टैक्ट करने की कोशिश की। ऐसा दावा किया जा रहा है कि जो भी इस प्रोफाइल वाले यूजर से बात करता है, वह आत्महत्या की ओर बढ़ने लगता है। 

कौन है यह लड़की?
मोमो की फोटो जापान के म्यूजियम में रखी एक गुड़िया की आकृति से प्रेरित है। इस मूर्ति को जापानी कलाकार Midori Hayashi ने बनाया था। यही वजह है कि माना जा रहा है इस खेल की शुरुआत जापान से हुई। हालांकि, अमेरिका में जो नंबर सर्कुलेट हो रहे हैं, वे मैक्सिको और ब्राजील के हैं। 

बच्चे क्यों हैं निशाने पर?
विशेषज्ञों का मानना है कि इस खेल की आड़ में साजिश रची जा रही है। लोगों के मन में खौफ पैदा करने के इरादे से ऐसे गेम को डिजाइन किया गया है। इससे सबसे ज्यादा खतरा बच्चों को है क्योंकि वे सही-गलत, सच्चाई और कल्पना में फर्क समझने में कमजोर होते हैं। वे खुद को महफूज नहीं रख सकते, उन्हें बहकाना और डराना भी सबसे आसान होता है। 

बच्चों को मोमो गेम से कैसे बचाएं?
सबसे पहले तो बच्चे को इस चैलेंज के बारे में बताएं, इससे पहले कि कोई और उन्हें बहकाने की कोशिश करे। साथ ही उन्हें यह भी समझाएं कि वह किसी भी अनजान शख्स से बात ना करें। जब भी आपका बच्चा फोन या कंप्यूटर का इस्तेमाल कर रहा हो, उस पर नजर रखें। फोन और पीसी में बढ़िया एंटी वायरस लगाएं। इन सबके अलावा, वक्त-वक्त पर उनसे बात करें और पूछें कि कहीं उन्हें कोई दुख या तकलीफ तो नहीं। 

How to Check UGC NET July 2018 Results:

UGC NET Results Declared: Check Marks and Subjectwise Cut-Off

Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has declared the UGC NET July 2018 exam results. Students can check their results on the official website of CBSE https://cbseresults.nic.in/.

CBSE conducted the UGC NET July examination on 8 July for 84 subjects at 91 selected cities across the country. A total number of 11,48,235 candidates registered for UGC NET July examination out of which 859498 candidates appeared for both papers. 55,872 candidates have qualified for assistant professor and 3,929 for JFR and eligible for assistant professor both.

Here's how to check your score and cut-off for each category:

How to Check UGC NET July 2018 Results:

• Step 1: Go to official website for UGC NET July 2018 exam: www.cbsenet.nic.in
• Step 2: Click on the UGC NET result link available on the home page.
• Step 3: Enter the required details.
• Step 4: Submit and download result for reference.

UGC NET 2018 Answer Key Released on cbsenet.nic.in

UGC NET July 2018: Cut-Off

Here's the subject wise cut off for the UGC NET July 2018 for General (Unreserved Category):

• Economics: 66.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 56.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Political Science: 61.33 (Jrf & Lectureship), 52.67 (Lectureship Only)
• Philosophy: 70.67 (Jrf & Lectureship), 62.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Psychology: 64.67 (Jrf & Lectureship), 56.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Sociology: 68.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 58.00 (Lectureship Only)
• History: 56.67 (Jrf & Lectureship), 50.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Anthropology: 70.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 58.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Commerce: 64.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 54.67 (Lectureship Only)
• Education: 60.67 (Jrf & Lectureship), 51.33 (Lectureship Only)
• Social Work: 65.33 (Jrf & Lectureship), 56.67 (Lectureship Only)

Here's the subject wise cut off for the UGC NET July 2018 for OBC Category:

• Economics: 60.67 (Jrf & Lectureship), 49.33 (Lectureship Only)
• Political Science: 57.33 (Jrf & Lectureship), 48.67 (Lectureship Only)
• Philosophy: 67.33 (Jrf & Lectureship), 54.67 (Lectureship Only)
• Psychology: 60.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 49.33 (Lectureship Only)
• Sociology: 64.67 (Jrf & Lectureship), 52.00 (Lectureship Only)
• History: 54.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 46.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Anthropology: 67.33 (Jrf & Lectureship), 52.67 (Lectureship Only)
• Commerce: 59.33 (Jrf & Lectureship), 49.33 (Lectureship Only)
• Education: 56.67 (Jrf & Lectureship), 46.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Social Work: 62.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 52.00 (Lectureship Only)

Here's the subject wise cut off for the UGC NET July 2018 for SC Category:

• Economics: 56.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 45.33 (Lectureship Only)
• Political Science: 54.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 45.33 (Lectureship Only)
• Philosophy: 64.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 52.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Psychology: 56.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 46.67 (Lectureship Only)
• Sociology: 59.33 (Jrf & Lectureship), 48.00 (Lectureship Only)
• History: 50.67 (Jrf & Lectureship), 43.33 (Lectureship Only)
• Anthropology: 66.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 50.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Commerce: 55.33 (Jrf & Lectureship), 46.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Education: 52.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 43.33 (Lectureship Only)
• Social Work: 58.67 (Jrf & Lectureship), 48.00 (Lectureship Only)

Here's the subject wise cut off for the UGC NET July 2018 for SC Category:

• Economics: 56.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 45.33 (Lectureship Only)
• Political Science: 54.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 45.33 (Lectureship Only)
• Philosophy: 64.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 52.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Psychology: 56.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 46.67 (Lectureship Only)
• Sociology: 59.33 (Jrf & Lectureship), 48.00 (Lectureship Only)
• History: 50.67 (Jrf & Lectureship), 43.33 (Lectureship Only)
• Anthropology: 66.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 50.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Commerce: 55.33 (Jrf & Lectureship), 46.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Education: 52.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 43.33 (Lectureship Only)
• Social Work: 58.67 (Jrf & Lectureship), 48.00 (Lectureship Only)

Here's the subject wise cut off for the UGC NET July 2018 for ST Category:

• Economics: 53.33 (Jrf & Lectureship), 44.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Political Science: 53.33 (Jrf & Lectureship), 45.33 (Lectureship Only)
• Philosophy: 58.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 46.67 (Lectureship Only)
• Psychology: 58.67 (Jrf & Lectureship), 48.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Sociology: 62.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 47.33 (Lectureship Only)
• History: 50.67 (Jrf & Lectureship), 43.33 (Lectureship Only)
• Anthropology: 57.33 (Jrf & Lectureship), 47.33 (Lectureship Only)
• Commerce: 54.67 (Jrf & Lectureship), 45.33 (Lectureship Only)
• Education: 50.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 43.33 (Lectureship Only)
• Social Work: 58.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 48.00 (Lectureship Only)

Here's the subject wise cut off for the UGC NET July 2018 for PWD-VI Category:

• Economics: 52.67 (Jrf & Lectureship), 42.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Political Science: 53.33 (Jrf & Lectureship), 40.67 (Lectureship Only)
• Philosophy: 63.33 (Jrf & Lectureship), 39.33 (Lectureship Only)
• Psychology: 43.33 (Jrf & Lectureship), 42.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Sociology: 56.67 (Jrf & Lectureship), 42.67 (Lectureship Only)
• History: 49.33 (Jrf & Lectureship), 40.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Anthropology: 52.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 52.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Commerce: 60.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 40.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Education: 46.00 (Jrf & Lectureship), 40.00 (Lectureship Only)
• Social Work: 64.67 (Jrf & Lectureship), 38.67 (Lectureship Only)

WhatsApp rolls out group calling for voice, video

Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Tuesday rolled out its group calling feature -- for both voice and video options -- on iOS and Android devices for its 1.5 billion users.

The group calling feature supports up to four people simultaneously.

"You can make a group call with up to four people total -- anytime and anywhere. Just start a one-on-one voice or video call and tap the new "add participant" button in the top right corner to add more contacts to the call," WhatsApp said in a statement.

WhatsApp users currently spend over two billion minutes on calls per day.

Group calls are always end-to-end encrypted, and we've designed calling to work reliably around the world in different network conditions," WhatsApp added.

At Facebook's F8 developer conference in May, WhatsApp had announced to bring group calling support on its platform.

The instant messaging service unveiled video chatting in 2016 and voice calling in 2014.

This is how Facebook plans to make WhatsApp more secure

NEW DELHI: Facebook-owned WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out some new features. The new features will include features like dark mode, polls in groups, Touch ID support for iPhone and the group limit of 4,096. The company will be soon rolling out the features for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone.

According to WABetaInfo, a Twitter account that tracks changes in WhatsApp’s beta builds reveals that the new features will come to iOS, Android and Windows Phone users. The Touch ID support will enable iPhone users to keep their messages safe and secure on the instant messaging app. Along with this, iPhone users will also be able to pin a message on top and add a username to their phone number.

Along with this, WhatsApp has also expanded the limit of participants for its group. Earlier, the app allowed a group of maximum 256 people and now the users can add up to 4,096 people in one group.

WhatsApp will also allow users to see the recent status updates in the WhatsApp widget in iPhone's Today View. Moreover, the update also brings improvements to the voice messaging feature, which will continue the play the voice messages even if they switch the app or turn off the screen.

Last week, WhatsApp rolled out a new feature for its Android users. On Android, the company has improved the ‘Change Number’ feature this time to let you choose if want to notify everyone about your new number or select users. The screenshot posted on the website shows the feature description “You can notify your contacts about your new number. You groups will be notified regardless.” This is followed by three options – All contacts, Contacts I have chats with, and Custom. Blocked numbers won’t be notified.

What is ailing your Wi-Fi network and how the new standard can make it more secure

New Delhi Open, or public, Wi-Fi networks are anything but secure. Since the data over an open connection is often unencrypted and unsecured, it leaves you vulnerable to a man-in-the-middle MITM attack. MITM, explains Symantec Corp., allows a cybercriminal to exploit security flaws in the network to intercept your sensitive information such as passwords and financial data.

However, password-protected Wi-Fi connections can also be hacked since they use the Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 WPA2 security standard that is almost a decade old. In October 2017, for instance, security expert Mathy Vanhoef found a vulnerability afflicting the four-way handshake mechanism in WPA2. Called KRACKs key reinstallation attacks, it tricks users to connect to a spoofed twin access point on another Wi-Fi channel by manipulating and replaying handshake messages. The handshake is used by WPA2 to negotiate a fresh sessions key every time a user wants to connect a device to the Wi-Fi access point. It is resent multiple times until the device is verified and the session key is installed.

Experts feel the recently released WPA3 security protocol is better equipped to handle KRACK-like vulnerabilities and dictionary attacks breaking into password-protected computers or servers—in this case Wi-Fi networks—by entering every word in a the dictionary.

Since WPA2 was introduced more than a decade ago, it is ill-equipped to handle many of the modern-day challenges in Wi-Fi connectivity, believe security experts like Manab Mallick, technical head India and SAARC at Netgear, and Ritesh Chopra, director at Norton a Symantec product business in India.

They believe WPA3 is better suited to the task since it doesn’t rely entirely on a four-way handshake to enable encrypted connections.

Instead, it uses a more secure Simultaneous Authentication of Equals, which first negotiates a fresh Pairwise Master Key, and then uses it in a traditional four-way handshake to generate session keys. This ensures that even if attackers manages to intercept the packets, they won’t be able to decrypt the master key.

For users accessing public Wi-Fi networks shared by many, WPA3 offers Opportunistic Wireless Encryption OWE, which encrypts all communication between an individual user and the Wi-Fi access points.

While the risk of getting tricked to connect to a fake Wi-Fi exists even in a WPA3-enabled network, OWE significantly reduces the risk of exposure online compared to WPA2, insists Venkat Krishnapur, vice-president of engineering and managing director at McAfee India. Moreover, WPA3 uses a 192-bit encryption system instead of the 128-bit encryption system used in WPA2, which means it will take longer to guess the correct security key.

While many device manufacturers will take a while to get WPA3-certified, users, too, will have to upgrade to compatible devices and routers. The upside Your Wi-Fi network will be more secure.

Can Magic Be Manufactured Through Marketing? - ReadWrite

Marketers are often expected to work magic on consumers, putting them under a spell and convincing them that the cure for all that ails them is their company's product or service. But the high expectations placed on brands often do little more than set them up for a fall.

An IBM study found that nearly 70 percent of consumers were disappointed in the digital interactions brands offered them.

ClickZ found that 71 percent of buyers have expressed disappointment in content marketing. And according to a survey report by Reuters Institute and the University of Oxford, 43 percent of U.S. respondents felt disappointed or "deceived" by native ads.

That's a weighty amount of disappointment being dropped at marketers' feet. But when the expectation is magic, fantasy and enchantment, how could anything possibly hit the mark? Perhaps we should be pleased rather than dismayed by the responses businesses receive - a 30 percent success rate when the threshold is "magic" isn't too shabby. In fact, it's nearly on par with Babe Ruth's lifetime batting average.

The real question, then, is whether "magic" is a feasible goal. It turns out that with some imagination, reframing and conversation, it's a goal well within the reach of most growing brands.

How we define 'magic'

In recent years, big brands with outsized budgets have defined "magic" for the masses, positing flashy theatrical productions as the pinnacle of brand marketing. The idea is that the allure - the untouchable nature - of the image they're presenting pulls consumers in. Aspirational marketing is the way to make buyers feel they need what's being sold.

But that's backward thinking in an era when transparency is what the vast majority of consumers value. Consumers want inspiration, not aspiration, and that comes from businesses communicating attainable values, missions and needs - something small businesses excel at. So instead of feeling pressured to replicate the multimillion-dollar brand experiences big businesses create, small businesses should be motivated to manufacture magic on a shoestring budget.

Brewing magic on a small scale

To capitalize on their ability to conjure attainable moments of delight and magic, entrepreneurs should keep a few things in mind.

1. Keep it appealing but simple.

The glitz and glamour of marketing campaigns for companies with big budgets can certainly be appealing, but startups and small businesses don't need to aim quite that high to succeed. Take event marketing, for example. While adding technological elements can breathe life into an experience, small businesses don't need to go overboard.

"Avoid the temptation of adding too many bells and whistles. It's easy to start adding technology in endless layers until your event is so complex you need an advanced degree and a staff of 20 to coordinate the logistics," explains Darren Wilson, president of bluemedia, a fabrication, decor and experiential marketing company. "You should have only one or two key technology components at your event, but they should work together and fit with the narrative of the experience and the setting."

2. Play to the company's strengths.

Another quick way to reframe success in terms of creating magic is by purposely focusing a team's marketing plans to play to its strengths. You know that event we were talking about? Eschewing what may be impressive when others execute it in favor of what a small brand does well can help a small business leave a favorable impression on its customers.

Consider the social media facet of event marketing. "If your team isn't well-trained in responding to or engaging customers on social media, you might not want to use technology that allows you to monitor social sentiment," Wilson says. "For something simpler, like a photo booth, all you need is the booth itself and a way to link it to social media so customers can share their pictures. Choose tech elements that fit both your team and your event."

3. Use data to the entire team's advantage.

Disney's theme parks made a pricey $1 billion bet on magic - MagicBands, that is. The beacon-containing bracelets track visitors, helping them do everything from getting on rides more quickly to opening their hotel room doors. But the real secret of the MagicBands is the amount of data they collect that Disney can utilize in developing new attractions, features and functions within its parks and product lines.

Entrepreneurs may not have the same budget as Disney, but they can collect essential data for their own purposes. Surveys are a simple and affordable way to gather insights on what consumers are delighted by, and they can be distributed as full-length questionnaires or one-off pop-ups to website visitors. They can also filter data on customer behavior, from frequency of purchases to reasons for returns. All that information then needs to be shared across departments so they're operating from the same playbook. "When you have groups that hoard data or keep it in siloes . it limits your view of the customer," says Nate Smith, senior product marketing manager for Adobe Analytics.

Magic can be manufactured through a small business's marketing, but some are so busy looking at flashy demonstrations that they miss the real moments of magical substance happening right around them. By keeping things simple, appealing, focused and influenced by data, entrepreneurs can inspire people and cast a unique spell all their own.