Next from Sibal: Mobile user tracking in latitudes and longitudes

If you’re still seething over social media censorship, you may just have to brace yourself for something more….a lot more. Mr. Sibal’s work desk, at the moment, seems to be filled with documents of a new proposal - tracking mobile users, right down to the latitudes and longitudes. According to an Indian Express report, in the amendments that were made to the operators’ licences, the DoT will seek real-time details about a mobile user’s location in latitudes and longitudes, beginning from May 31. I see you The report further specifies that while the government will initially provide only certain numbers, it seeks location details for, it plans to make it a uniform norm within 3 years. An increase in mobile phone surveillance, reportedly, came up after the DoT set up a Centralised Monitoring System, allowing them to tap mobile phones, almost instantly.