India: Government Will Track Positions of All Mobile Phone Users

February 16th, 2012

Via: The Indian Express:

The government is looking to track all mobile phone users.

As per amendments made to operators’ licences, beginning May 31, operators would have to provide the Department of Telecommunications real-time details of users’ locations in latitudes and longitudes.

Documents obtained by The Indian Express show that details shall initially be provided for mobile numbers specified by the government. Within three years, service providers will have to provide information on locations of all users.

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One Response to “India: Government Will Track Positions of All Mobile Phone Users”

  1. Adam B. says:
    February 16, 2012 at 5:58 pm

    I’m assuming this has been in place in the US and Canada for 5-10 years. I’m also assuming that they have proto-Siri analyzing all voice conversations and applying DARPA’s metaphor recognition software tagging people who want to “cut off the head of the snake”, etc. I’m just curious about the IT infrastructure behind all this, and how they manage to find enough maintenance monkeys with top-secret clearance.

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