With government gearing up to set up a dedicated cyber surveillance agency to monitor websites and social media networks, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) has requested the department of telecommunications (DoT) to instruct all telecom service providers (TSPs) to upgrade their software to intercept websites using web 2.0 technology like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
The move is part of an effort to build and update both legal and technical safeguards to prevent misuse of internet.
The IB's note, written by one of its joint directors, said, "Telecom service providers (TSPs), presently, do not have adequate lawful interception facilities for full reconstruction of web intercepts for various sites using web 2.0 technology like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Picasa etc. and quality of reconstruction of captured data is not good."
The note, which was also forwarded to the home ministry, said: "DoT is requested to instruct all the TSPs to upgrade their lawful interception infrastructure\software in the monitoring systems to handle web 2.0 traffic for better reconstruction at the earliest."
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The move is part of an effort to build and update both legal and technical safeguards to prevent misuse of internet.
The IB's note, written by one of its joint directors, said, "Telecom service providers (TSPs), presently, do not have adequate lawful interception facilities for full reconstruction of web intercepts for various sites using web 2.0 technology like Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Picasa etc. and quality of reconstruction of captured data is not good."
The note, which was also forwarded to the home ministry, said: "DoT is requested to instruct all the TSPs to upgrade their lawful interception infrastructure\software in the monitoring systems to handle web 2.0 traffic for better reconstruction at the earliest."
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