Shades Of Big Brother Creeping In?
Stepping up surveillance on mobile phone networks, the Indian government plans to set up a Centre for Communication Security Research and Monitoring to help security agencies intercept and analyze call details, according to Mint.
The Government proposes to set up such a centre and intends to keep a copy of select Call Data Records (CDRs) for its use, Minister of State for IT and Communication Jyotiraditya Scindia informed Lok Sabha in a written reply.
“The Centre will provide mandatory access to Law Enforcement agencies for intercepting, monitoring and analysing activities of required customers and their social networking, both proactively online and through post analysis of information like CDRs.”
Complete CDRs are already being maintained by operators for one year as part of license conditions.
Is this the beginning of Big Brother for India? Britons already seem to be feeling the heat.
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