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Indian Police Urged to Tap Cybercafes to Fight Terrorism |
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Tuesday, 18 September 2007 |
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An organization in Mumbai, India has proposed that police use key-logging software at cybercafes to keep track of communications between terrorists. Public computers at cyber cafes offer terrorists the anonymity they require, said Vijay Mukhi, president of the Foundation for Information Security and Technology (FIST) . Terrorists are known to use instant messengers (IM) from companies like Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., and these companies do not share information from IM chats with the police, he added. Terrorists are increasingly using the Internet to communicate with one another, as they are aware that telephone and mobile phones connections are under Indian government surveillance, according to Mukhi. Read more at PC World
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