Nationwide Snooping System Launched In India

knwny writes "The Times of India reports that 'India has launched a wide-ranging surveillance program that will give its security agencies and even income tax officials the ability to tap directly into e-mails and phone calls without oversight by courts or parliament, several sources said.'" Adds an anonymous reader: "What's chilling is the comments from senior officials indicating that parts of the program are already live, without absolutely any discussion in public about it."

Outlook.com

[futuramasd]

Outlook.com has NEVER given emails to any agendy to read. When you get Microsoft Outlook, your data is safe.

Cheers,
David Futura

Re:Outlook.com

[Geccoman]

Only "data" was shared, not the actual email! Trust us!

Privitize It!

[tapspace]

The government is inefficient. That's why, in the US, we've privitized our spying apparatus!

Re:Outsourcing Concern

[SoldierII]

I am surprised the NSA has not outsourced USA snooping on private citizens to India, perhaps soon enough or next budget cut...

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Re:Precisely, and whether we care to admit it..

[lgw]

Right, because you're the smart, politically aware guy, it's only everone else [xkcd.com] who's sheeple.