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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2009
India’s cops get Orwellian
Are you okay with the government knowing your email passwords and reading every mail you type?
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Mr. Vinay's eloquently put "plain stupid artcle" not withstanding, I totally am with the author. Even in countries where civil liberties form the core of the constitution and the governance, it is a dangerous policy to track individual movements be it on the Net or in hotel rooms for example. In our country, where government and police force act without any accountability, letting them access our personal information in the guise of security is not only a blatant violation of the privacy but chillingly dangerous. Granted that in these heightened times, we should be prepared for increased policing of our lives. I will happily submit to the govt efforts to track me at the bus stations, train stations, airports, malls with the help of CC cameras etc but looking into my key strokes at a cyber cafe? That is taking the "security" excuse too far. If that is the only way the police think that they can deal with terrorism, I guess they need different training in intelligence gathering. I wouldn't trust the govt with the kind of information they will have if they were to track all the key strokes. If I were a terrorist, I would be smacking my lips at the possibility of getting my hands on this information from a bunch of unscrupulous and underpaid policemen. Remember, who helped smuggle explosives into the country in the 1993 Mumbai blasts?
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