TRUST
These days a lot has gone online
Booking is done through App. Fine
Delivery at doorstep brings smile
But process involves many a line.
What is depicted while booking is one
What we receive is its poor version
In between we receive messages
Tracking it's path from the stores.
Even the parcel we send by courier
Is tracked right through its tour
Receiver gets message when it arrives
But to accept parcel one hesitates.
Problem lies in believing messages
Even if they are from reliable sources
Hacking prowess has much expanded
Alerts from IndiaPost etal get ignored.
In this situation we cannot trust any App
That we open on internet website in a snap
We have to be wary of online shopping
Lest we get cheated instead of time saving.
Now comes the question of governance
Police are using AI to impose fines for traffic violation
They send challans on our cell phones
How do we ensure validity of such demands?
This scam is not restricted to only messages
We get fraud calls claiming to be from officials
Calls may come from Income Tax, Nagar Palika or Police
We have to verify authenticity of such callers.
As technology is expanding exponentially
Hackers are also growing proportionately
People are not sufficiently aware of such criminality
One should think twice before any such activity.
- Gopinath S
(penned without ChatGPT support)