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Virtual khabris to zoom-in on terrorists
By: Vinod Kumar Menon
August 29, 2007

Mumbai police will have access to new software connected to 500 cyber cafes
in the city that will send them logs

The Mumbai police will soon have khabris deployed (not physically) at over
500 cyber cafes in the city. A new software will allows cops to swoop down
on terrorists the moment a keystroke is pressed at any cyber caf� across
the city.

Investigations into the recent Hyderabad and Mumbai blasts have revealed
that the planning was done using the Internet especially, chat rooms.

In fact, it is a well-known fact that terrorists all over the world do not
use paper and pen or the phone to communicate. Everywhere, all over the
world, it.s the net.

Vijay Mukhi, President of the Foundation for Information Security and
Technology says, .The terrorists know that if they use machines at home,
they can be caught. Cybercafes therefore give them anonymity..

.The police needs to install programs that will capture every key stroke at
regular interval screen shots, which will be sent back to a server that
will log all the data.

The police can then keep track of all communication between terrorists no
matter, which part of the world they operate from.This is the only way to
patrol the net and this is how the police informer is going to look in the
e-age,. added Mukhi.

The Mumbai police are in dialogue with M/s Micro Technologies for procuring
a software called CARMS (Cyber Access Remote Monitoring System), a powerful
monitoring tool that seeks to curb cyber crime.

CARMS monitors web browsing, file transfers, news, chats, messaging and
e-mail, including all encoded attachments. In a sensitive environment,
CARMS can also be used to restrict user or group access to only approved
external and internal sites, explained a company official.

All cyber cafes in the city will now need a police license to keep their
business going. All cafes need to register at the police headquarters and
provide details on the number of computers installed, type of computers and
technical details like the IP address of each machine.

Privacy breach?

A senior ATS official confirming the move said that those cyber cafes who
do not meet the norms will be fined under the Bombay Police Act and the
police also reserve the rights to take stringent action for violation of
norms.

.The question we need to ask ourselves is whether a breach of privacy is
more important or the security of the nation. I do not think the above
question needs an answer,. said Mukhi. .

As long as personal computers are not being monitored. If monitoring is
restricted to public computers, it is in the interest of security,. said
National Vice President, People Union for Civil Liberty.