Centre for Development of Telematics begins testing phone monitoring system

The Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT), a unit under the department of telecommunications (DoT), has begun technical and operational testing of its servers, linked to the servers of mobile operators. Once in operation, it would enable security agencies to tap phones, intercept and monitor calls without keeping telcos in the loop.
However, the requisite procedure for taking permission from designated authorities before any tapping is done would continue to be in place.
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