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anivar

194 karma · joined August 20, 2011

Engineering leader and independent researcher. Building systems, contributing to standards, and exploring AI governance, digital identity, and trustworthy infrastructure.
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anivar··on Identity and Bank Data of 130M Indians Leaked Online: Report[PDF] #AadhaarFail
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anivar··on Identity and Bank Data of 130M Indians Leaked Online: Report[PDF] #AadhaarFail
It is 1/10th of India's Population/ #aadhaarEpicFail
anivar··on Facebook submits to the TRAI supporting differential pricing of data [pdf]
The FCC letter signed by facebook said

1. “The open architecture of the Internet creates an innovation-without-permission ecosystem. Consumers (and consumers alone) decide the winners and losers on the open Internet.”

2. The brief also describes the dangers of a “walled garden” with a “pre-selected lineup.”

3. “Such an outcome would undo much of the progress of the last two decades. Consumers would lose the ability to choose freely among competitive services and sources of information. It would also significantly decrease the rewards edge providers could realize from innovating, further decreasing consumer choice.”

4. It would also significantly decrease the rewards edge providers could realize from innovating, further decreasing consumer choice.”

Free Basics contradict all these .

anivar··on Mozilla’s Response to the Indian Govt's Committee Report on Net Neutrality
<quote> As the Committee’s report discusses, a central pillar of net neutrality and a major contributing force to the Internet’s success has been the concept of “innovation without permission.” This concept, allowing anyone to develop a new technology, to write code and test in the public, and to control the code running on their machines is the lifeblood of the open Internet and the ethos of open source. As Mitchell wrote in regards to a similar proposal by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, any mandatory licensing scheme would prove onerous and “increase the costs of creating on the Web, thereby discouraging Indian entrepreneurs from building the next Internet giant. What’s more, establishing an enabling environment for development on the Web creates a virtuous cycle that provides more value to existing users and incentivizes new users to come online.” To this end, we respectfully caution you from proposing any licensing regimes on Internet services or Over-The-Top (OTT) applications, as doing so would only serve to create legal uncertainty, chill innovation, and hurt the promise of Digital India</quote>
anivar··on Indic Keyboard version 2.0 is out
these are the languages (and layouts) are supported. Awesome .

    Assamese Keyboard (অসমীয়া) - Inscript, Transliteration
    Arabic Keyboard (العَرَبِيةُ‎‎)
    Bengali Keyboard (বাংলা)- (Probhat, Avro, Inscript, Compact
    Burmese Keyboard (ဗမာ) xkb
    English
    Gujarati Keyboard (ગુજરાતી) - Phonetic, Inscript, Transliteration
    Hindi Keyboard (हिन्दी)- Inscript, Transliteration
    Kannada Keyboard (ಕನ್ನಡ) - Phonetic, Inscript, Transliteration (Baraha), Compact, Anysoft)
    Kashmiri Keyboard (کأشُر) - Inscript, Transliteration
    Malayalam Keyboard (മലയാളം) - Phonetic, Inscript, Transliteration (Mozhi), Swanalekha(beta)
    Manipuri Keyboard / Methei Keyboard (মৈতৈলোন্) - Inscript
    Maithili Keyboard (मैथिली) - Inscript
    Marathi Keyboard (मराठी) - Transliteration
    Mon Keyboard (ဘာသာ မန်;)
    Nepali Keyboard (नेपाली) Phonetic, Traditional, Transliteration, Inscript
    Oriya Keyboard (ଓଡ଼ିଆ) - Inscript, Transliteration, Lekhani
    Punjabi Keyboard (ਪੰਜਾਬੀ) Phonetic, Inscript, Transliteration
    Sanskrit Keyboard (संस्कृत) Transliteration
    Santali Keyboard (Devanagari script)-(संताली) Inscript
    Sinhala Keyboard / Sinhalese (සිංහල) Transliteration
    Tamil Keyboard (தமிழ்) - Tamil-99, Inscript, Phonetic, Compact, Transliteration
    Telugu Keyboard (తెలుగు) - Phonetic, Inscript, Transliteration, KaChaTaThaPa, Compact
    Urdu Keyboard (اردو) - Transliteration