Securing the Digital Frontier: A Vision for Responsible Digital Citizenship
This paper introduces a system that is solution to address challenges of anonymity, cybercrime, and misinformation on the internet and to revolutinalize cybersecurity. The system provides a government-issued email ID linked to digital identification, of the country, such as passport or Aadhaar, as a scalable solution of the above said problems. Leveraging blockchain and API-based systems, this initiative enhances user privacy while ensuring accountability and trust in digital spaces. With its implementation, digital interactions can become safer, more authentic, and globally replicable, offering a benchmark for responsible digital citizenship.
The internet has revolutionized communication, commerce, and access to information. The
widespread use of internet makes it very useful as well as very harmful for people. The anonymity
it provides has facilitated cybercrimes at a very large scale, misinformation and rumours to spread
like wildfire, and online abuse with adults as well as minors.
A study by PRAHAR revealed that cyberattacks on India alone recached 79 million in 2023 and in
Q1 of 2024 there are already 500 million incidents blocked. In the first four months of 2024, Indians
lost more than ₹1,750 crore to cyber criminals. These numbers are expected to cross 17 trillion by
2047. Cybercrime is predicted to cost the world $8 trillion USD in 2023, according to Cybersecurity Ventures.
In 2022 alone, India witnessed over 13.91 lakh cyber incidents, according to the Indian Computer
Emergency Response Team (CERT-In). Fake news has repeatedly led to violent incidents; for
example, 25 lynching cases in 2018 were reportedly triggered by rumours spread through social
media platforms like WhatsApp. Such incidents highlight the urgent need for mechanisms that
ensure accountability while safeguarding user privacy.