The Indian government is beginning to realize the importance of monitoring cyber crimes just now. They recently set up a Cyber Crime Research and Development Unit (CCRDU). The Information Technology Act still is in infancy. There are many grey areas and much left to be desired. The complete text of the act can be found here. IT law persons can read it and have a good laugh at some sections. The frivolousness of the whole thing can be gauged from the fact that the first arrests under the cyber-crime laws were made only on February 9th, 2001.
The main point to be considered here is that the target audience of most of the internet cafes in India are the teen agers. Once they lose their anonymity, they'll find other ways of browsing (for eg, getting a dial-up & using Anonymizer). The net effect is that most of the cyber (so called) parlors will close down. Corruption prevails in all walks of society in India. I guess most of the internet cafe owners wouldn't mind giving some bribe to the local cops to turn a blind eye on people surfing without providing any valid ids. Or even better, they can subscribe to an Anonymizer-like service, which would prevent anyone from pointing to them as accomplices to cyber crimes.
The company which once said that they are "the dot in.com" might become "the dot in.net". Who knows ? Let's keep our fingers crossed & see what happens to Star Office.
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The Indian government is beginning to realize the importance of monitoring cyber crimes just now. They recently set up a Cyber Crime Research and Development Unit (CCRDU). The Information Technology Act still is in infancy. There are many grey areas and much left to be desired. The complete text of the act can be found here. IT law persons can read it and have a good laugh at some sections. The frivolousness of the whole thing can be gauged from the fact that the first arrests under the cyber-crime laws were made only on February 9th, 2001.
The main point to be considered here is that the target audience of most of the internet cafes in India are the teen agers. Once they lose their anonymity, they'll find other ways of browsing (for eg, getting a dial-up & using Anonymizer). The net effect is that most of the cyber (so called) parlors will close down. Corruption prevails in all walks of society in India. I guess most of the internet cafe owners wouldn't mind giving some bribe to the local cops to turn a blind eye on people surfing without providing any valid ids. Or even better, they can subscribe to an Anonymizer-like service, which would prevent anyone from pointing to them as accomplices to cyber crimes.
6 feet with a dumb look ? Must be Bill Gates...
The company which once said that they are "the dot in .com" might become "the dot in .net". Who knows ? Let's keep our fingers crossed & see what happens to Star Office.
... the farce be with you.
Looks like the above Freak on a leash swallowed a word.
http://www.spam.abuse.net/ might help you find a way out...