This is not exactly Indian politics’ cyber moment. But it may yet go down as the moment Indian politics woke up, publicly, to the notion and fact of cyber-squatting. Although the facts of this case are not in any way clear, it isn’t every other day that one major national party (the main parliamentary opposition) accuses another (the mainstay of the ruling coalition) of cyber-theft or an attempt at theft of no less than its online identity. That the accuser/ “victim” is the BJP is perhaps tinged with irony. In its heyday, wasn’t the BJP hailed as the most Internet-savvy political outfit, quicker than the rest to appreciate and exploit online possibilities? The Congress, the accused, still out of power, was far behind.
Maybe, the affair reflects the fundamentals of the play of power. Who, at a given moment, is more insecure — the holder of power, or the one without it? Does being Net-savvy have anything to do with being in power? It’s quite possible though that when, and if, the truth’s out, neither party would be found to have anything to do with it. The vast latitude the Internet provides , coupled with the practically non-existent Indian cyber-regime, doesn’t call for much skill or talent in a cyber-crook or prankster. Identities are at everybody’s mercy, and not just those of us defenceless, unorganised individuals.
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The facts: the BJP claims to have discovered recently a website called bjp.com that was diverting users to the Congress website (congress.org.in), while the official BJP website remains bjp.org. Investigations by the party reportedly found the website “masked”, therefore unrevealing of the owner’s identity, and traced the domain name to one US-registered Bharat Journals and Publications. Accusing the Congress of a “petty theft like pick-pocketing”, which deprived its site of many post-Ayodhya verdict hits, an infuriated BJP claims to have served a legal notice, which an equally infuriated Congress claims not to have received, counter-alleging that the whole thing’s a BJP publicity stunt.Maybe, the affair reflects the fundamentals of the play of power. Who, at a given moment, is more insecure — the holder of power, or the one without it? Does being Net-savvy have anything to do with being in power? It’s quite possible though that when, and if, the truth’s out, neither party would be found to have anything to do with it. The vast latitude the Internet provides , coupled with the practically non-existent Indian cyber-regime, doesn’t call for much skill or talent in a cyber-crook or prankster. Identities are at everybody’s mercy, and not just those of us defenceless, unorganised individuals.
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