The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary – Set 25

The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary Words with Meanings for various Exams: SBI PO/Clerk, IBPS PO/Clerk, RRB, RBI, LIC, NABARD, SEBI, SSC, UPSC, IPPB, etc.

We are providing vocabulary words from the Editorial articles The Hindu newspaper which are important for the all upcoming competitive exams. Add some more words to your English vocabulary words list.

TOPIC – Privacy and surveillance

Following an exodus of its users from its messaging service, WhatsApp, to apps such as Signal and Telegram, which promise more privacy options, the Facebook ­owned service might have been forced to postpone the date for users to accept its new privacy policy terms to May 15. In just days after the earlier announcement by WhatsApp, Signal has emerged as the leading app on “app­stores” as Indian users signalled their discomfort with the former’s data-sharing policies. WhatsApp, with 459 million users, had emerged as the leading communications application for most Indians. What has caused patrons discomfort is WhatsApp’s ability to seamlessly share user metadata and mobile information with its parent company and social media behemoth, Facebook. Facebook Inc., which also owns Instagram, has sought to integrate the offerings from WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook, with the former acting also as a tool that secures payments for services and ads posted on the latter two applications, beyond its primary use as a messaging service. This integration of three large consumption products is a means to monetise their everyday use by consumers and considering the fact that Facebook’s revenue model uses data on its platform to allow advertisers to target ads towards users, the algorithms would benefit from the WhatsApp data as well. Such data transfer from WhatsApp to Facebook is not possible in regions such as the EU, where data protection laws have stringent restrictions on the storage and transfer of user data. This regionally differential treatment has attracted the attention of the Ministry of Electronics and IT, which has sent WhatsApp a series of queries, including on why Indian users would be sharing information with Facebook, unlike in Europe. The onus is also on the Indian government to quickly take up the legislation for robust data protection, which aligns with the recommendations of the Srikrishna Committee, which tried to address concerns about online data privacy in line with the 2018 Puttaswamy judgment. The draft Bill proposed by the government in 2019 diluted some of the provisos, for example, by limiting data localisation in proposing that only sensitive personal data needed to be mirrored in the country, and not all personal data as mandated by the committee. But data localisation as proposed by the committee may not necessarily lead to better data privacy, as it carries the possibility of domestic surveillance over Indian citizens. Privacy is better addressed by stronger contractual conditions on data sharing and better security tools being adopted by the applications that secure user data. The proposed Bill has some of these features, similar to Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation, but it also requires stronger checks on state surveillance before it is passed.

 

The Hindu Editorial Words with meanings, synonyms, and antonyms 

 

Exodus (noun) – A mass departure of people

Synonyms – emigration, hegira, evacuation, egress, escape

Antonyms – arrival, influx, entry, annexation, flux

 

Patrons (noun)- A person who gives financial or other support

Synonyms – client, spectators

Antonyms – matrons, detractors, combatants, orator, peddlers

 

Seamlessly (adverb)-Smoothly and continuously

Synonyms – perfectly, flawlessly, coherently, impeccable

Antonyms – badly, flawed, filthy, impure, tainted

 

Behemoth (noun)- Something that is abnormally large and powerful

Synonyms – giant, colossus, monster, goliath, leviathan

Antonyms – dwarf, divinity, elves, pixy, shrimp

 

Integrate (verb)- Make into a whole

Synonyms – incorporate, merge, amalgamate, fuse, coalesce

Antonyms – segregate, split, fork, intervene, bisect

 

Stringent (adjective)- Demanding strict attention to rules and procedures

Synonyms – rigorous, harsh, stern, rigid, draconian

Antonyms – tolerant, flexible, lenient, cushy, benign

 

Onus (noun)- Something that is one’s duty or responsibility

Synonyms – load, encumbrance, accountability, blot, stigma

Antonyms – advantage, exoneration, exculpation, impunity

 

Robust (adjective)- Strong and healthy

Synonyms – strong, sturdy, vigorous, hardy, strapping

Antonyms – weak, feeble, delicate, frail, epidemic

 

Dilute (verb)- Reduced in strength

Synonyms – weaken, adulterate, mitigate, attenuate, insipid

Antonyms – strong, concentrate, inspire, abound, animate

 

Surveillance (noun)- Close observation of a person

Synonyms – supervision, scrutiny, espionage, spying, vigil

Antonyms – negligence, pensiveness, disdain, callousness

 Click here for more English Vocabulary sets

 

Related posts

23 Thoughts to “The Hindu Editorial Vocabulary – Set 25”

  1. It?s actually a nice and useful piece of information. I am glad that you shared this helpful info with us. Please keep us informed like this. Thanks for sharing.

  2. Pretty! This was a really wonderful article. Thanks for supplying these details.

  3. WOW just what I was searching for. Came here by
    searching for website

  4. Hi! I could have sworn I’ve visited your blog before but after going through some of the articles I realized it’s new to me. Anyways, I’m definitely happy I stumbled upon it and I’ll be book-marking it and checking back often!

  5. This post will help the internet visitors for building up new weblog
    or even a blog from start to end.

  6. Hi, I do believe this is a great blog. I stumbledupon it 😉 I may revisit once again since i have book marked it. Money and freedom is the best way to change, may you be rich and continue to guide others.

  7. Hey very nice blog!! Guy .. Excellent .. Wonderful .. I will bookmark your blog and take the feeds additionally?
    I’m happy to search out a lot of useful information right here
    in the post, we’d like work out more techniques on this regard, thanks
    for sharing. . . . . .

  8. Howdy! This is my 1st comment here so I just wanted to give
    a quick shout out and tell you I really enjoy reading your articles.
    Can you suggest any other blogs/websites/forums that go over the same subjects?
    Thanks!

  9. I was able to find good info from your blog posts.

  10. First of all I would like to say excellent blog!
    I had a quick question that I’d like to ask if you do not mind.

    I was interested to find out how you center yourself and clear your head prior to writing.
    I have had a difficult time clearing my thoughts in getting
    my thoughts out there. I do enjoy writing however it just seems like the first 10
    to 15 minutes tend to be wasted simply just trying to
    figure out how to begin. Any recommendations or hints? Appreciate it!

  11. Unquestionably believe that which you stated.

    Your favorite justification seemed to be on the net the simplest thing to be aware of.

    I say to you, I certainly get irked while people consider worries that they just do not
    know about. You managed to hit the nail upon the top
    and also defined out the whole thing without having side-effects , people could take
    a signal. Will likely be back to get more. Thanks

  12. Tremendous issues here. I’m very satisfied to peer your article.
    Thank you a lot and I’m looking forward to contact you.
    Will you kindly drop me a e-mail?

  13. Hey there I am so grateful I found your weblog, I really found you by accident,
    while I was browsing on Google for something else,
    Nonetheless I am here now and would just like to say thank you for a incredible post and a all round enjoyable blog (I also
    love the theme/design), I don’t have time to go through it all at the moment but I have book-marked it and also included
    your RSS feeds, so when I have time I will be back to read much more, Please do keep up the excellent work.

  14. Magnificent items from you, man. I’ve remember your stuff prior to and you’re just extremely great.
    I really like what you have obtained here, really like what you’re saying and the best way through which you are saying it.
    You’re making it entertaining and you still take care of to
    stay it wise. I can’t wait to learn far more from you. That is really a great site.

  15. Tia

    These are actually impressive ideas in regarding blogging.

    You have touched some nice points here. Any way keep up wrinting.

  16. Thanks for sharing such a pleasant opinion, paragraph is fastidious, thats why i have read it fully

  17. Wonderful blog! I found it while surfing around on Yahoo News.
    Do you have any suggestions on how to get listed
    in Yahoo News? I’ve been trying for a while but I never seem to get
    there! Appreciate it

  18. I was suggested this website by my cousin. I’m not positive
    whether this put up is written by him as nobody else understand such specified about my difficulty.
    You’re wonderful! Thanks!

  19. Howdy! This is kind of off topic but I need some guidance from an established blog.
    Is it hard to set up your own blog? I’m not very techincal but I
    can figure things out pretty quick. I’m thinking about setting up my
    own but I’m not sure where to begin. Do you have any points or suggestions?
    Many thanks

  20. Wow that was strange. I just wrote an really long comment but after
    I clicked submit my comment didn’t appear. Grrrr… well I’m not writing
    all that over again. Anyway, just wanted to say great blog!

  21. I like the helpful info you provide to your articles. I will bookmark your weblog and test
    once more here frequently. I am quite certain I
    will be told lots of new stuff proper here! Good luck for the next!

  22. Do you mind if I quote a couple of your articles as long as I provide credit and sources
    back to your website? My website is in the very same niche as yours
    and my visitors would truly benefit from some of the information you provide here.
    Please let me know if this okay with you.
    Thanks a lot!

  23. My brother recommended I would possibly like this website.
    He was once totally right. This put up actually made my day.
    You cann’t believe just how so much time I had spent for this info!
    Thanks!

Comments are closed.