Create awareness among children to curb Cyber Crime: Expert

Trivandrum: Lack of awareness among children regarding the safe use of technology and Cyber Crime is the biggest challenge in curbing cyber crime. This can be tackled only with a concerted effort by parents and teachers to create awareness. This was the key takeaway from a session on ‘Women and Cyberspace’ by Dhanya Menon, Cyber Security Expert, at the National Seminar on Empowering Women Cop organised by Kerala Police in Thiruvananthapuram.

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Richard Stallman calls for increased use of Free Software

Trivandrum: Richard M Stallman, the founder of the GNU Project and the free Software movement, has stressed the need to promote the use of free software and reduce the dependence on non-free software programmes. He said this during his talk on ‘A Free Digital Society’ in Thiruvananthapuram today, which was organised by the Society for Promotion of Alternate Computing and Employment (SPACE) on the occasion of their 10th anniversary.

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