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The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an inevitable surge in the use of digital technologies due to the social distancing norms and nationwide lockdowns.  As millions of people go online for entertainment and more, total internet consumption has risen by 40%, according to preliminary statistics.  With the expansion of internet and the virtual world, privacy has become an illusion. With great freedom comes great responsibility. This seizes to exist in the internet world. Privacy is a rising murky issue. Companies continue to permeate and gather data about consumers. Data proliferation has increased and moved across boundaries. The internet has turned into a vast surveillance platform tracking everything in its path. Most of the people using the internet are unaware about the misuse of data and privacy breaches.   Did you hear about how a target figured out how a teen girl was pregnant before her father did? Sounds absurd right! Her purchasing habits indicated to the target’s algorithm that s

  What is privacy? Privacy is defined as a set of information that one would like to keep to oneself or would share with someone that he or she trusts. Imagine, you are planning a trip with your friend on call. The moment you open your search engine to know about the place you see advertisements of restaurants and places to visit at that location. Seems coincidence, doesn’t it? Or is it something else? Recently, a lot of advancements are happening in the field of IOT. Due to this, intelligent systems like smart phones, smart devices like Alexa and google are becoming more common in day-to-day life. These devices are equipped with various types of sensors and communications systems, which are linked to the internet. These sensors contain a lot of data which are analysed to provide better service to the customer. This is a set of personal data, and the majority of this data possess privacy and security risks. Not only this, but when you visit a website, make payment by your credit card o

As Queen Elizabeth II said “At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession”, the question which always arises in my mind is are we finding solutions for social upliftment or we just want to make our life easier by ignoring impact on society. "We" along with nature and our surroundings makes society. It has Elites like Mukesh Ambani to the middle class like me to poor and BPL and Paatal Lok citizens. And so, there are many complications and a wide range of societal problems. But for a better world and life we have to be united. But divided by so many different cultures and problems, we can be united only by ENGINEERING!  And Engineering has done that task much better till now. Engineering careers have become highly diverse over the past 50 years. They are now tackling complex social issues such as poverty, inequality, disaster recovery or climate change. Let's understand by these examples. Because examples a