Vox Populi -- E-mail Sniffers and Wi-Fi Hacks
Rahul Srinivas, Sep 25, 2008 1118 hrs IST
47% of our readers think the Indian government has a right to read our e-mail. What do you think?
Rahul Srinivas, Sep 25, 2008 1118 hrs IST
47% of our readers think the Indian government has a right to read our e-mail. What do you think?
The past few months have seen an exponential growth in the number of terror attacks our country has faced. The most recent one being the Delhi Serial blasts, which claimed countless innocent lives. A recent trend amongst these home-brewed, tech-savvy terrorists have been the extensive use of the Internet for sending their propaganda filled e-mail messages to the media. The trend started with the Jaipur blasts earlier this year and has since then continued till the Delhi blasts. The modus operandi is simple: Tap into an unsecured Wi-Fi network and use it to send the mail across. The e-mails, usually originate from a web-mail services like Yahoo and Google where it is a breeze to sign up for a new ID.
To counter and "track" these e-mails the Government has planned a controversial bill that will enable "sniffing" of data sent across our Internal networks (i.e., at ISP levels). Earlier, this was possible only at international gateways. Our earlier report on this should be helpful in what this could mean to you.
Ouch. Sorry to hear that. Would've loved to hear your inputs
by ttnews, mumbai, on Sep 26, 2008 07:44 AM, Report abuse
by raj, delhi, on Sep 25, 2008 04:13 PM, Report abuse Reply
India is still in the infant stages, people are not aware of what happens if this law is passed. This is not solve any purpose but will have great impact on individuals privacy.I have heard about Stenography technology 10 years ago to hide emails behind and jpgs and jif and other images. Imagine 2008 with PC getting smaller and faster, the kind of technology used by terrorists. India government can no way catch up to this speed at which technology is rising... Indian babus need to think fast and go for some alternatives like issuing SSN numbers to the current database of driver's licence, Voting ID, Pan card etc and then slowly reach to the mass with no IDs atall. Stop infiltration and starting small, city by city and state by state. US government have been scanning emails since the late 50's with their Mainframe computers in Fort Mead in Maryland but they are still fighting terrorism isn't it?. I guess with such big brains in India, I'm sure they can come up with better solutions
by Anonymous, Mumbai, on Sep 25, 2008 02:13 PM, Report abuse Reply
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