IANR 2415 041324 Tackling Cybercrimes by HC Asst DA Keith Houston; Tackling Gun Violence with Jasir Rahman & Saami Baig; What happens to your data after you die by Chetan Amin

IANR 2415 041324 Line Up 4-6pm INTERVIEWS Here’s the guest line-up for Sat, April 13, 2024 from 4 to 6pm CST on Indo American News Radio (www.IndoAmerican-news.com), a production of Indo American News. We are on 98.7 FM and you can also listen on the masalaradio app (www.masalaradio.com) By Monday, hear the recorded show on Podcast uploaded on Spotify, Apple Podcasts (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/indo-american-news-radio-houston-tx/id1512586620 ) Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts, Radio Public and Breaker. We have 5 years of Podcasts and have had over 9,300 hits. TO SUPPORT THE SHOW, SELECT FOLLOW ON OUR FREE PODCAST CHANNEL. AND YOU’LL BE NOTIFIED WHEN OF NEW UPDATES. 4:20 pm In this digital age, with the proliferation of devices and software that can manipulate data – not to mention AI created fake information – cybercrime has become rampant as it is a tempting venue to access bank accounts, control utilities and steal social security data. In the past two decades, it has spawned a whole new category of criminals whose victims are unwittingly defrauded, sometimes from overseas operators. We turn to the Harris County District Attorney Office’s Assistant DA Keith Houston to explain how we can avoid becoming victims and how to protect ourselves. 5:00 pm With very lax gun laws that allow people to open carry loaded firearms, Texas laeds the country in the number of gun-related homicides and other crimes. The State Republican leadership has allowed this situation to fester, even as they have bowed down to the far-right conservatives. We will be joined by two young Pakistani Americans - Saami Baig & Jasir Rahman - who have taken up leadership roles in organizations which want to change these gun laws and restore safety for Texan citizens. 5:30 pm We all love our cell phones, tablets and laptops as they open up whole new vistas of life for us through many apps. Through posts on social media, websites and email, we leave our digital footprint in cyberspace and have devices full of photos and videos in hard drives and the icloud. But what happens to all this data when a person dies and no longer regularly posts items? Is this data available or lost forever? Or is there a Death Data Vault to store the data? We turn to IT specialist Chetan Amin for answers. Also stay tuned in for news roundup, views, sports and movie reviews TO BE FEATURED ON THE SHOW, OR TO ADVERTISE, PLEASE CONTACT US AT 713-789-6397 or at [email protected] Please pick up the print edition of Indo American News which is available all across town at grocery stores. Also visit our website indoamerican-news.com which gets 70,000+ hits to track all current stories. And remember to visit our digital archives from over 16 years.  Plus, our entire 43 years of hard copy archives are available in the Fondren Library at Rice University.