Clashing With The ClanWoe Is Me! “My In‑Laws Undermine My Parenting, Career. What Should I Do?” Woe Is Me! is a series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore. By The Swaddle Team
Boundary SetterWoe Is Me! “My Flatmate Has No Boundaries. How Do I Get My Privacy Back?” A series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore. By The Swaddle Team
masking up your data!A ‘Digital Mask’ Could Help Protect Patients’ Medical Records Scientists develop a technology that prevents potentially sensitive personal biometric information from being extracted or shared. By Amlan Sarkar
Error in ProgrammingHow Facial Recognition AI Reinforces Discrimination Against Trans People Facial recognition technology continues to carry an extremely limited view of what gender looks like. By Sayantan Datta
Big Brother Is WatchingChandigarh Govt Is Using Watches to Track Sanitation Workers. We Ask an Expert Why It Violates Their Rights. Employing technology "against people who have already been discriminated against is obviously going to cause more harm than they have faced historically." By Amlan Sarkar
The New NormalGoogle Will Delete People’s Data on Abortion Clinic Visits. Instead of Praising the Company, Should We Rethink Privacy? Google's decision served as a reminder of how oblivious many of us are to the degree of monitoring we're being subjected to at every moment. By Devrupa Rakshit
The Science Does Not RecommendTinder, Spotify May Be Collecting More Data Than They Tell Us “They have been largely overlooked, compared to bigger tech companies such as Facebook, Google, Tik Tok etc .who have faced more scrutiny” By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Budgeted HopeThe Success of Govt’s Proposed Tele‑Mental Health Program Will Depend Entirely on Execution Accessibility issues and privacy concerns may pose threats to the government's digital mental health initiative, experts say. By Devrupa Rakshit
Voter DystopiaNew Voting Reforms May Allow Linking of Aadhaar With Voter ID, Raising Privacy Concerns A previous experiment with linking Aadhaar card led to deletion of 55 lakh voters across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. By Saumya Kalia
A Space Of My OwnThe Secret Lives Indian Women Lead on Balconies Despite being a semi-public space, balconies are where women can kiss, drink, and be merry in a world of their own. By Saumya Kalia
Women Online... Not.Men Are up to 52% More Likely to Be Online Than Women, Global Study Shows In 2020, governments in 32 countries, including India, lost an estimated $126 billion in GDP because women were unable to contribute to the digital economy. By Devrupa Rakshit