As the dawn of digitization has raised the comfort level of humanity, it has again become a problem for the people. As we see around the world, the digitization is going on high rate and people prefer internet to stay connected to people rather than using other means. Government of many countries has emphasized on e-governance like India. But as every this made of benefit is somehow used by some dirty minds for bas purposes, it is also becoming a headache.
Cyber service which was invented to help the people is nowadays being used as a way to commit crimes. As per the recent reports, the rate of cyber crimes in India has been increased to 107%. Several cases of data theft, cyber bullying, network hacking etc. are the cause of headache in police and cybercrime cell. The report revealed that the rate of cybercrime in India in 2014 was almost double as compared to the last year. Mobile frauds are also a new target of the cyber thieves; about 30-40% of transactions takes place through mobile phones which is expected to reach 55-60% in the next few years. ASSCHAM has released and suggested some guidelines in order to make the network more secure.
On the other hand, the Supreme Court in its order in relation with Adhaar made the judgment that Adhaar card will be used in Jan Dhan Yojna, MGNREGA, pension and provident fund. The decision came after taking a wide range of points into concern. Like many cases of fake Adhaar card have been found. The void in his scheme has made it an unsafe to make it compatible in all sectors. The aim of its birth was to digitize subsidy distribution and digitizing the data (digitalizing India). The petitioner in case maintained that there is no safeguard for the data collected for the program which is a cause of concern for the violation of people’s privacy.
Developing nations like India, which are on the way to get digitized, need to focus more to secure it. With the introduction of android, that has became a part of life of the people, has made use of the internet more wide and led to dependency over technology. What India needs is the laws and more tough security crew to make the thinks keep going on safely. The vision of digital India mainly depends of digitization. Therefore, there is a need to secure the privacy of users and protection of ill mediums. The government’s proposal to make college campus and cities wifi integrated through hotspots, is a challenge and to increase in the online banking system, which is seen as a cybercrime prone field, online transactions and e-commerce have become more popular. So India needs to make its citizen more secure and must act in maintaining privacy of them. Swiss challenge, e-visa and many more are the good example of proper implementation of use of connectivity. Digitization a way of development but the reviewing it and focusing and eradicating its shortcomings is also an important phase of development.
