Seshadri's Musings

With almost all our communication being done on mobiles there are many opportunities to get swindled.   As more and more people join the bandwagon, there are a number of people out there who want to get your money.   Nowadays, we are regularly seeing in the news that many people are getting robbed of their money just because they thought easy money could be made or they believe that the message they got in their phone is genuine.   They go ahead and click the link and lose their money. There are 2 messages that are now floating around.  One message comes from a mobile number saying that you Credit or Debit card is going to expire tonight and your bank account is going to be suspended.  The message also instructs you to click the URL mentioned in the message to make sure that you take suitable action so that it does not get suspended.  Another comes from electricity board mentioning that your electricity bill has not been paid and the connection would be c...

More web-series reviews… India Predator – Murder in a Courtroom – Came out in 2022.  One of the reviews from Scroll.in... The new season of Netflix’s true crime series Indian Predator begins with a song and carries on in the manner of a ballad sung by the oppressed. Murder in a Courtroom revisits the lynching of career criminal Akku Yadav at the district court in Nagpur on August 13, 2004. Reports at the time stated that Yadav – who had a police escort, was handcuffed to a fellow inmate and was on his way to the courtroom – was brutally attacked by a mob of around 50 people, most of them Dalit women. Fifty became 200 (no more, no less) and then “hundreds” as the shocking incident evolved into urban legend. Although men too participated in the assault on 32-year-old Yadav, it was later reported that the deed was carried out only by women. Television networks fanned the once-in-a-lifetime story. Reporters narrated the facts of the case in their most dramatic voices. An ancho...

We have been sharing so much of our data with others that we can’t really say now that the data is ours and we have a right to that.   Many companies offer various freebies and we feel like a moth attracted to it and fall into their trap.   Over a period of time all our data is being shared worldwide and are lying in different parts of the world.   Someday we will realise this and maybe stop sharing our data with others, however tempting the offer may be. Let me take the example of Gmail.  Almost everyone in this world has used this and majority of them are still using this (including me in sending out this blog 😊 !).  But we have never tried to find out who else is monitoring what we share.  I went through the terms and conditions of using Gmail.  I was installing Gmail in my new phone and came across some terms saying that Google can compose and send mails on my behalf from my account 😊 !  I had taken a screenshot of the same to be used in a...

More web-series reviews… Tamil Rockerz – Tamil series came out in 2022.  Anonymous cyber pirates are threatening to release a highly anticipated film featuring a massively popular star. It's up to the cop Rudra to find the lawbreakers and bring them to justice. One of the reviews from Cinemaexpress... Over the past decade, the infamous piracy group, Tamilrockers, has been a subject of much discussion. Pirated versions of films weren’t just being made available on the date of release; sometimes, they were available even ahead of release. The piracy group continues to be active and has been a big problem for the film fraternity for nearly a decade now. The arrival of OTT platforms helped somewhat, and it’s interesting that it’s on one such streaming platforms that a web series based on the group is out now. Undoubtedly, SonyLIV's Tamilrockerz has an exciting idea that screams potential. We see glimpses of the group lead...