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Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2002 22:30:58 +0530
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From: Udhay Shankar N <udhay@pobox.com>
Subject: [india-gii] Indian govt wants SMS surveillance?
And as usual, they want the service providers, already not in very
good financial health, to foot the bill...
Udhay
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/asia/story/0,4386,156823,00.html
Indian govt plan to tap SMS unnerves telcos - NOV 25, 2002
NEW DELHI - Indian mobile phone companies have been rattled by a
government plan to tap into SMS services to combat 'cyberterrorism',
a report said yesterday.
The Indian Express said companies had managed to stave off the plan
so far by pleading they did not have the necessary technology.
They believe subscribers would see it as an invasion of privacy, and
are also worried about the technology cost.
'While we are ready to cooperate with the government on security
issues, there is a need for the government to be practical in such
matters,' said Mr B.K. Syngal, vice-chairman of BPL Mobile.
Cell phones have often been recovered from militants in India by
police, who say they could be using SMS messages to coordinate
attacks. However industry officials say monitoring SMS is unlikely to
improve security as it would be an enormous task to sift messages. --
AFP
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