Indian government to monitor all communications through Central Monitoring System

[sTrOnTiaBOnd]

You people are acting that this is new.I have been shouting since 2009 and you all laughed.
https://broadband.forum/topic/36811-indian-government-to-tap-all-phones-in-real-time/?hl=surveillance
https://broadband.forum/topic/64318-fk-itfusion-centersface-scanning-cctc-and-uav-comming-to-your-city/?hl=surveillance

 

[yashleo21]

Why not? When they have the guts to fund such a costly project which could have been used in a better way,announcing it officially wont change anything.Sooner or later this will jump into media too..

 

[michschu1]

Lol the Moment the Mofos said India Created So Called Super Computer itself I knew WHAT The B@$tar6s would have most probably created it for and What and All fcuking BUll$#!T is Gonna Ensue! The Whole Bull$#it about Aadhaar Cards, just another RFID alternative(I see the word BIOMETRICS and I smell BULL$#!T around the corner) and so called vehicle tags for Tolls(Yeah Right!) Given Our Pathetic Law and Order Condition Already, NO WAY THIS WILL BE OPPOSED HERE! People with Tons of Scams are Ruling The Roost, while our poor a7$3$ suffer!The beauty is, IF at All, WE the(middle and poor class) People that Is, as a So Called Democracy, Go and Say in Court We Don't Want Face Tracking Cameras, Other Privacy Raping Things, We Have Rights, We Have Privacy, We Want to Protect IT just like EFF, The Guardian Project, etc, They'll react with a Simple, "WHAT RIGHTS? WHAT PRIVACY? And Since When in the Fcuk Did You actually Have Them?" Basically People, We Are/Were All Right Royally Fcuked! The Thing is It is Always the Smart Ones who are Doubted And Questioned whereas the rest just blindly will follow the Sheep behind or rather in front of the Actual Evil Shepherds! Another thing is Don't Bother wasting your time trying to Beef Up Your Security, as I Said Rhetorical and REDUNDANT! You Have Two Parties to Vote For One is Frying Pan and the Other is FIRE! GO FIGURE! Let's See How Smart You Are On This One hee heeYou Say, "We HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE?!" I say, "2 Billion Of You And WHY DON'T YOU CREATE ONE!!!" I am sure the SILENT MAJORITY to BS is Definitely MORE than ALL the army, cops, Politicians and Goons put together! When in the FCUK Are WE GONNA RISE UP?!!! A Country without People to So Called Rule or Fight for It, Ain't NO COUNTRY!!! SIMPLE!

 

[Sushubh]

"In the absence of a strong privacy law that promotes transparency about surveillance and thus allows us to judge the utility of the surveillance, this kind of development is very worrisome," warned Pranesh Prakash, director of policy at the Centre for Internet and Society. "Further, this has been done with neither public nor parliamentary dialogue, making the government unaccountable to its citizens."

http://www.readability.com/articles/osqaaat8

 

[LordSpymaster]

Engadget: Indian government launches Central Monitoring System, watches citizens' calls, emails and internet activityhttp://www.engadget.com/2013/05/08/indian-government-launches-central-monitoring-system-watches-ci/

 

[Sushubh]

Pranesh Prakash, the director of policy at the Centre for Internet and Society, condemned a central monitoring system. "In the absence of a strong privacy law that promotes transparency about surveillance and thus allows us to judge the utility of the surveillance, this kind of development is very worrisome". He continued, "This has been done with neither public nor parliamentary dialogue, making the government unaccountable to its citizens."

http://www.readability.com/articles/1zklqel8

 

[Sushubh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=nP5pXSrMHt4#t=3375s
Milind Deora actually states on record here that CMS is being setup to protect your privacy and to safeguard the security of the country. Woo!

 

[Sushubh]

Milind Deora basically said that CMS was required to prevent the mobile operator from knowing who on their network is being monitored by the government.
He said that once CMS is established, mobile operator would not have the ability to monitor your conversation at all as the control would be with the government.
He also said that it is better for the government to have an eye on your online and mobile communications than a private company.
He said nothing about the need for a Privacy Law in India which is of course insane.
And yes, he used the same excuse… national security… for the need to have CMS in place.

 

[Sushubh]

Indian government is not amused that US government is infringing on our privacy.

“We feel that the Cyber Security Dialogue coordinated by the National Security Councils on both sides is the appropriate forum to discuss such issues. We intend to seek information and details during consultations between interlocutors on both sides on this matter. If Indian laws relating to privacy of information about ordinary Indian citizens have been violated, surely we will find it unacceptable,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said.
“Yes, we are concerned and surprised over it,” he said noting that reports about the spy programme was an evolving situation.
“We will take it as it evolves and have a better understanding and a clearer paradigm of how to tackle this issue once broader parameters in its entirety are available for us,” he said.

http://www.readability.com/articles/se8xahig

 

[Sushubh]

The CMS will have unfettered access to the existing Lawful Interception Systems (LIS), currently installed in the network of every fixed and mobile operator, ISP, and International Long Distance service provider. Mobile and long distance operators, who were required to ensure interception only after they were in receipt of the “authorisation,” will no longer be in the picture. With CMS, all authorisations remain secret within government departments.
This means that government agencies can access in real time any mobile and fixed line phone conversation, SMS, fax, web-site visit, social media usage, Internet search and email, including partially written emails in draft folders, of “targeted numbers.” This is because, contrary to the impression that the CMS was replacing the existing surveillance equipment deployed by mobile operators and ISPs, it would actually combine the strength of two — expanding the CMS’s forensic capabilities multiple times.
Even where data mining and ‘meta-data’ access through call data records (CDRs) and session initiation protocol data records (SDRs) — used for Internet protocol-related communications including video conferencing, streaming multi-media, instant messaging, presence information, file transfer, video games and voice & fax over IP is concerned — the CMS will have unmatched capabilities of deep search surveillance and monitoring. The CMS is designed to have access to call content (CC) on multiple E1 leased lines through operators ‘billing/ mediation servers’. These servers will reveal user information to the accuracy of milliseconds, relating to call duration, identification and call history of those under surveillance. Additionally, it will disclose mobile numbers and email IDs, including pinpointing the target’s physical location by revealing cellphone tower information.

https://goo.gl/ucWDK