CAUTION TECHNOLOGY IS ALWAYS NOT A BOON

LOOK AT THESE INCIDENTS - EXERCISE CAUTION WHEN AVAILING OF TECHNOLOGY
GPS

A couple of weeks ago a friend told me that someone she knew had their car broken into while they were at a football game. Their car was parked on the green which was adjacent to the football stadium and specially allotted to football fans. Things stolen from the car included a garage door remote control, some money and a GPS which had been prominently mounted on the dashboard.

When the victims got home, they found that their house had been ransacked and just about everything worth anything had been stolen.

The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house. They then used the garage remote control to open the garage door and gain entry to the house. The thieves knew the owners were at the football game, they knew what time the game was scheduled to finish and so they knew how much time they had to clean out the house. It would appear that they had brought a truck to empty the house of its contents.

Something to consider if you have a GPS - don't put your home address in it. Put a nearby address (like a store or gas station) so you can still find your way home if you need to, but no one else would know where you live if your GPS were stolen.

MOBILE PHONES

I never thought of this.......

This lady has now changed her habit of how she lists her names on her mobile phone after her handbag was stolen. Her handbag, which contained her cell phone, credit card, wallet... Etc...was stolen.

20 minutes later when she called her hubby, from a pay phone telling him what had happened, hubby says 'I received your text asking about our Pin number and I've replied a little while ago.'

When they rushed down to the bank, the bank staff told them all the money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen cell phone to text 'hubby' in the contact list and got hold of the pin number. Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn all the money from their bank account.

PRIVATE SECTOR MUST INVEST IN EDUCATION

Some 320 million people will enter India’s workforce in the next two decades, with a potential to transform not only India but the entire world. Many of these young people – mostly urban, educated and enjoying at least a minimum standard of living – aspire to much more than previous generations.

“Young people want greater transparency in governance and a more participative government,” said Vineet Nayar, CEO, HCL Technologies, “and they aspire to lead and break free from socially-backward conventions such as caste-based discrimination. They see themselves as potential creators of wealth and stakeholders in India’s future. They will value human dignity – regardless of caste, religion and other social attributes – much more than previous generations.”

As one panelist opined, these young people are not impatient enough – they must absolutely insist on the changes the country so direly needs.
However, India needs to create greater social and physical infrastructure to fulfil the aspirations of these millions. The policy-makers and lawmakers of today are older and do not interact much with youth, who are the future. There is a difference between what youth want and what is being delivered. Although there are more younger politicians than in the past, politics has not changed much.

To bring about the massive change that is required, government, civil society and the private sector must all do their part. The government needs to make civil service more professional and rework the role, capacities and incentive structure within government. It must provide basic services and ensure greater internal and external security.
Vineet added that the private sector, for its part, must invest in education, take part in infrastructure creation and generate jobs