Indian agencies have real-time, remote access to internet traffic: Report

Law enforcement agencies in India have been provided with a facility to monitor internet traffic in real-time without even visiting an internet provider's premises. According to a new report by Entrackr, the revelation was made by the Internet Service Providers Association of India in a filing with the Department of Telecommunications.

"All ILD [international long distance] and ISP [internet service provider] licensees are mandated to connect their systems to the CMS [Centralized Monitoring System] facility...law enforcement agencies are provided a facility for online and real-time monitoring of traffic," the filing said as reported by Entrackr.

This indicates that the government