http://www.indianexpress.com/news/soon- ... s/912681/1The 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.
India to track all cell users
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India to track all cell users
Let's hope no US politicians get wind of this and think India is ahead of us on the track to...
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Re: India to track all cell users
A map of all users would look like a giant blob! Maybe should have done their testing with a slightly smaller population base...
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Re: India to track all cell users
Maybe they are considering some type of software that will be able to filter users individually. Maybe.Canelek wrote:A map of all users would look like a giant blob! Maybe should have done their testing with a slightly smaller population base...
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Re: India to track all cell users
They've got that in the initial lawful-intercept stage. The data behind "everyone all the time" stage gets ridiculous fast, let alone trying to do anything with it.kyoukan wrote:Maybe they are considering some type of software that will be able to filter users individually. Maybe.
Great marketing stats to sell though, much tighter than they can gather now.
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