Indian Government To Track Locations of All Cell Phone Users

Posted by timothy on Thursday February 16, 2012 @03:11AM from the or-do-you-have-something-to-hide? dept.

asto21 writes with this excerpt from The Indian Express: "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. Documents obtained by The Indian Express show that details shall initially be provided for mobile numbers specified by the government. Within three years, service providers will have to provide information on locations of all users. The information will have some margin of error at first. But by 2013, at least 60 per cent of the calls in urban areas would have to be accurately tracked when made 100 metres away from the nearest cell tower. By 2014, the government will seek to increase the proportion to 75 per cent in cities and 50 per cent in suburban and rural areas."

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Great by mr1911 · 2012-02-16 03:13 · Score: 4, Funny

No doubt this is for the good of the citizens. I hope the US follows suit soon.

/sarcasm

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1. Re:Great by PPH · 2012-02-16 04:11 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  No cell phone? You must be a terrorist.
  In fact, if you aren't buying the latest consumer gadget, we will have to sent you to a retraining center.
  
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Re:So many people by Anne_Nonymous · 2012-02-16 03:19 · Score: 5, Funny

>> within 100 meters still could mean thousands of people
All of them brightly adorned and doing a complexly choreographed, extended dance sequence.